Distilled water

[Pete Masterson]

My mom bought one of the first Mercedes Benz automobiles imported
into the U.S. when MBZ was setting up it's distribution system in
1956. The owner's manual stated (as best I recall): "If outside of
Germany, you should use distilled water for the radiator, as water
elsewhere is not of the purity standards of German water."

However, we used tap water (and anti-freeze) and the car ran for
250,000 miles before it was sold (still running).

If your local water is very high in mineral content, you might want
to use distilled -- or "drinking" water from the supermarket -- but
in most cases, it isn't necessary.

Pete Masterson
aeonix1@...
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
El Sobrante, CA




On Jun 26, 2007, at 7:19 AM, Jon wrote:

> This is sort of an odd ball question but recently while replacing my
> antifreeze in one of my cars I was told to use distilled water for
> the coolant water. How many people here have gone through that
> process of just using distilled water in there cooing systems? It
> kind of makes since but could this be just over the top or is this a
> good idea? Do you think the manufactures used distilled water when
> they put our motor homes together? Oh well just a thought.