Re: Dry overflow bottle

[jtrealty@xxxx]

All you need is a mixture of 50/50 anti-freeze and water. The water 
should be "soft" or if not then distilled. The anti-freeze should be a 
national brand and say safe for aluminum. Refer to a following post 
#17299 for an explanation of bleeding the cooling system of air. Fill 
the header bottle to the full-hot mark. If you need to keep adding 
coolant it means there is a leak which is BAD NEWS. The cooling system 
must be kept leak-free or you will overheat the motor with disasterous 
consequences!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


-- In dmcnews@xxxx, "K Creason" <dmc4687@xxxx> wrote:
> My overflow bottle is low (dry!).
> I obviously MUST add something immediately. Can it just be tap 
water? Soft
> tap water or hard water? Distilled?
> Do I need to add special chemicals because of the aluminum engine 
like the
> Northstar engine requires? (so I hear)
> 
> I probably should do a flush since the most recent one may have been 
97 when
> a previous owner had a lot of work done at Houston. So in the mean 
time...
> water?
> 
> ---------
> I read this somewhere:
> "most experts agree that the end of the world will come by accident, 
most
> likely. That's where we come in; we're Computer Experts, we make 
accidents."