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Old Jul 20, 2001 | 10:51 PM
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yes - i run about 5% anti-freeze, because supposedly with the A/C on you can freeze the water in the heater core if you don't. but i dropped like 30 degrees when i lost the anti-freeze and went to water, a little anti-freeze and some red line water wetter.

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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 07:03 PM
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the marketing guys at Prestone have convinced nearly everyone that "summer coolant" is needed! LOL

Caution: warmup time is longer with 100% water

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 09:19 AM
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I use distilled water and wetter water two bottles with a dash of antifreeze. a stewart water pump, and a griffin radiator. with the A/C on high humidity, 95 degrees, i still can run 165 ,on a 160 thermostat this is cruising at 65. in traffic it warms to 185. but it has taken 4 yrs. to get there thru trial and error and a lot of different parts

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