Yep, distilled/de-ionized water would be best, i've had no worries using tap water so far (touchwood) Wigan must have quite soft water i guess? (don't tell wiganers that something from there might be soft though!
Coolant replacement. When?
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Re: Coolant replacement. When?
I wouldn't backflush the rad with distilled though, it could start to get a bit expensive!
Yep, distilled/de-ionized water would be best, i've had no worries using tap water so far (touchwood) Wigan must have quite soft water i guess? (don't tell wiganers that something from there might be soft though!
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Yep, distilled/de-ionized water would be best, i've had no worries using tap water so far (touchwood) Wigan must have quite soft water i guess? (don't tell wiganers that something from there might be soft though!
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Re: Coolant replacement. When?
Famous last words, says here that Wigan is in a slightly hard to moderately hard water area. Confusing though since Manchester's water comes from Lakes in the lake District, a soft water area.Wigan must have quite soft water
http://www.bwtechnologies.com/hard_water.html
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I did turn on the tap in a "camp way",so that should soften it up a bit... 
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If you think how much water is boiled in a kettle before it scales up, I don't think it matters what water you use. There's not much dissolved calcium in 6 litres of even hard water.
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John? I'm frankly astounded that you failed to comment on me turning something on in a camp manner....
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Guess I've got used to you always being camp?bigdaddycain wrote:John? I'm frankly astounded that you failed to comment on me turning something on in a camp manner....(what's the world coming to?)
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Just displaying my feminine side baby!francophile1947 wrote:Guess I've got used to you always being camp?bigdaddycain wrote:John? I'm frankly astounded that you failed to comment on me turning something on in a camp manner....(what's the world coming to?)
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Nice beard Missybigdaddycain wrote:Just displaying my feminine side baby!
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