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Only reason I can think for coolant would be to stop it freezing in the reservoir, in which case you may as well use screen anti-freeze. but surely that would leave a sticky residue over the IC. Tap water could possibly leave tricky limescale depending on where you live which would be a job for cilit bang (Look what it does to a IC, good as new).