Gas boy opened radiator cap kahit hindi ko sinabing galawin

[glntVR]

CNS boys, ask ko lang. Kanina kasi I had my car gassed up * Total EDSA(boni), since ubos na yung washer fluid, I told the gas boy to fill it up w/ water. Sabe ko yung sa washer lang and I personally opened the cap of the washer reservoir pa.

Then I went on to check something else, pag balik ko sa kotse, to my surprise and horror, itong si gas boy, binuksan din ang radiiator cap. Siyempre the coolant and water tumapon and medyo madame bumawas. Told him to just put back some water since natapon yung laman.

Badtrip, wala naman problema yung engine pero binuksan niya radiator. Alam ko taxi lang madalas ganun.


? ko, will there be an effect on my engine temp or anything? I mean water lang dinagdag niya ulit. Should I add coolant or anything? Or i have nothing to worry about?

btw, the car is the n16 180GT

Thanks!

[jaymd]

ok lang kun konti pero dapat 50:50 distilled water and coolant ang pang top up mo. i usually use absolut pang top up pag nagbawas yun reservoir ko and wala ako stock ng coolant sa bahay. pwede din naman regular tap kaso mag mineral deposit and scaling na nakakareduce din ng life ng cooling components ng kotse. kmusta naman yun gasboy?

[p_borj]

actually okay lang talaga ang water.

Tap water na nilagay sa radiator eh nagiging Distilled din dahil sa mainit ang radiator. Tama ba? Correct me nalang fellow tsikoteers kung mali ako.

Pero syempre iba yung coolant ang inilagay mo. Ingat lang kasi mayroong mga coolant na dapat ay may halong water, meron naman concentrated na.

[jaymd]

na observe lang namin dati sa esi and vti na civic namin yun esi plain water lang with coolant. 6 years palit na ng radiator puro mineral deposit na nagbara sa radiator kaya pala madalas mag overheat yun vti na distilled water gamit 12 years na ok pa yun radiator

[glntVR]

Hindi ko na pinagalitan or sinigawan yun gas boy naawa din naman ako sa mga ganun. Medyo pinagsabihan ko lang ng konti na wala naman problema yung kotse bakit niya pa binuksan eh sabi ko lang washer fluid. Anyway,

thank you guys for the quick reply. I'd assume na okay na yung tap water since konti lang naman siguro and once lang naman.

[1D4LV]

as much as possible, do not use plain tap water. use distilled water. tap water contains minerals and other impurities which will clog your radiator in the long run.

[marg]

actually okay lang talaga ang water.

Tap water na nilagay sa radiator eh nagiging Distilled din dahil sa mainit ang radiator. Tama ba? Correct me nalang fellow tsikoteers kung mali ako.

Sorry, Not True.

[v6dreamer]

actually okay lang talaga ang water.

Tap water na nilagay sa radiator eh nagiging Distilled din dahil sa mainit ang radiator. Tama ba? Correct me nalang fellow tsikoteers kung mali ako.

Pero syempre iba yung coolant ang inilagay mo. Ingat lang kasi mayroong mga coolant na dapat ay may halong water, meron naman concentrated na.

You are somewhat right.
Boiled water is usually tap water that has been boiled for at least 15 minutes to sterilize it. It kills any living organisms in the water but leaves them there along with all of the other contaminants that may be present in the water. But bacteria has been removed.

Distilled water is made by boiling water. However the steam, which is pure water is collected and condensed back into water in a separate container. Thats a pure water. There are absolutely no contaminates in it. So if you use tap water on radiator, all water hardening will stay on radiator and then what next, clogged or rusted radiator.

[CVT]

It's a good thing that the gasoline attendant wasn't scalded.....

8701:soccer:

[jjmd3_787]

actually okay lang talaga ang water.
Tap water na nilagay sa radiator eh nagiging Distilled din dahil sa mainit ang radiator. Tama ba? Correct me nalang fellow tsikoteers kung mali ako.

Tap water is fine. Just make it a habit of completely draining & replacing it periodically. On the other hand, distilled water can be left inside the radiator longer because there is no fear of minerals accumulating within.

As for the tap water being boiled then transformed to distilled, you're partly right. Let's take in account the Desalinization plants in the MidEast or in Aircraft carriers, sea water is boiled, steam is collected to be used, and the salts separated and discarded. In the case of radiators, the minerals stay inside causing clogs and corrosions.