can i mix water and coolant if its the summer?

cars4me89 · 04-24-2007, 07:09 AM

I'm sorry but that is a false statement.. water will boil at 100 degrees celcius, true. But why do you put the radiator cap on? the radiator cap raises the boiling tempurature. The ethlyene glycol has nothing to do with boiling point only anti-corrosion inhibitors and freezing point. This will work 100% guarenteed if you try it on your vehicle. You could replace all the coolant with straight water. bring the engine to operating tempurature and the water would not boil and 100 degrees celcius, yes it will rust your block no doubt but it would not boil until higher than 100 degrees C

04-24-2007, 07:09 AM	#20
cars4me89 3" Exhaust Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 115	I'm sorry but that is a false statement.. water will boil at 100 degrees celcius, true. But why do you put the radiator cap on? the radiator cap raises the boiling tempurature. The ethlyene glycol has nothing to do with boiling point only anti-corrosion inhibitors and freezing point. This will work 100% guarenteed if you try it on your vehicle. You could replace all the coolant with straight water. bring the engine to operating tempurature and the water would not boil and 100 degrees celcius, yes it will rust your block no doubt but it would not boil until higher than 100 degrees C __________________ 1987 Toyota Supra 7M-GE Natrually Aspirated Automatic http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2385905 Currently enrolled in UTI (Universal Technical Institute.. ya ya say what you want bout the school lol its got some nice benefits though), have about two years of auto experience so far.. only 18 years old. My supra's older than me :P -Phil