BAD BOY V

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Hi guys just wondered what you use? The guy i bought the car from said to use deionized water, is this correct as i thought thats stuff used in batterys or can it be used for the intercooler spray aswell?

regards

VJ

lazadude

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De-ionized water is only water that has been purified, such as boiling and then condensing, its so you can prevent leaving residue etc on the IC.

Rescue Dude

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What he said. With de-ionized water you won't get a build up of lime scale blocking the pump or the jets.

Talking Dog

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Is there a cleaning practice that can/should be carried out on the intercooler as a safe measure.

If you weight up rain water, road spray from lorry's, traffic popultion even when our cars are cleaned theres going to be traces of cleaning agents on the intercooler. etc it makes the water we spray them with poinltess being Volvic quality in some respects.

53

iTrader: (41)

Water of the tap unless you block your scoop and wash with the pure stuff it's not worth it

Talking Dog

iTrader: (1)

Whack some calgon in it.. job done. .

Even a finsh table- it leaves no residue =P

lazadude

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Yeah but that doesnt affect the piping and pump and nozzles etc... therefore can still block pump and clog nozzles...

But then again I'm pretty **** about anything I put in the scoob lol, take care of her and she'll take care of me

TonyBurns

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Water plus some screen wash to stop the algy building up over winter

Tony

urban

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Screenwash - really?

Suberman

I'm with lazadue on this. Distilled water only for my car.

Splitpin

Yes, as has been said, will keep the bugs down, and aside from anything else it will also act as an antifreeze, which is a pertinent point in current weather.

Anyone paying for purified water to go in their water spray tank is... doing a grand job supporting the water purification industry in these hard times. Only reason why you might want to go to those lengths would be if you are in a very hard water area.