watercooling: anti-freeze or distilled water?

[R1C0CH3T]

okay, so i bought some distilled water today, but then left it in my friends truck. but then i have some anti-freeze in my moms trunk in the car.should i wait for the distilled water or is anti-freeze good enough to fill my empty systeM?

 

[azndragon60640]

anti freeze

 

[R1C0CH3T]

alright thanks. any more?

 

[lancec2c30]

wait hold on, shouldnt he use additive, I thought it was actually bad to put water in a liquid cooling system????

 

[R1C0CH3T]

i just read that you can use mostly distilled water, then use anti-freeze, which acts like a additive, since its supposed to stop corrosion in race cars and whatnot.

 

[R1C0CH3T]

bump

 

[lancec2c30]

well I guess your right about that, all cars use anti-freeze. BI thought coputers were more tempermentel then car cooling system.

 

[aspire]

Use distilled water with a 9 to 1 ratio of either hydrx or pentosin

 

[R1C0CH3T]

k so im going to use 9:1 ratio of distilled to antifreeze (not going to buy any more coolant, its probly all the same stuff and i dont need colors

 

[cwiz]

it really doesnt matter.... antifreeze allows the heat to be removed more easily by your radiator but it causes the fluid to hold less heat than pure water so.... its a trade off.