Subject: Re: Fernox
Very useful information indeed! I can recommend that you now use 100% pure coolant (special
pink-coloured "alu-protect" which is also kind to the aluminium parts of the water pump) instead of water (even rainwater which is very acidic and just as oxidizing as tap water), and the radiator will never block or rust again. If your radiator is in good condition and you use proper coolant you'll never have to look at your radiator again.
Coolant is not just water with anti-freeze; it is acid and calcium free, hardly evaporates (I fill up about a pint per year), it boils at 125 degrees and freezes at -25 degrees.
Interestingly, although it is available here and there (try Halfords), coolant is hardly used in the UK, while EVERY car on the continent has it; nobody uses water and coolant is available from every petrol station. However, it is the death-blow for radiator repairers...
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