During the New Year, a friend was very anxious to consult Brother Meow about a matter, he went to a relative's shop two days before the New Year to do maintenance, one was to take care of the business, and there could be no pit between the other acquaintances. Without paying attention, his relatives directly took a basin and filled it with a basin of water, and poured it into the antifreeze. After adding the water, he also asked his relatives if he would break the car by doing so, and his relatives said that it was okay, but he was still uneasy in his heart, so he asked Brother Meow to give him an idea.
First of all, for this practice of adding tap water directly to the antifreeze, in fact, it is really common in the maintenance industry, because many cars in the early days were actually purely added water. Especially if you look at the tractor in the village, directly fill it with water, because many mechanical equipment in the early days of the car did not have so high requirements for precision, especially the sensors were not so much, the engine temperature was not so high, and the problem was relatively not so big.
But our current car itself engine conditions are higher than the car pressure and temperature at that time, so its requirements for antifreeze will be relatively higher, in the antifreeze to add half a basin of water into it, after a period of time will find that the car heat dissipation is not so good, because tap water scale is very serious.
If you look at your family to open the kettle, you know, if the scale is burned for a year, it must be two centimeters thick, and the water will form a layer of scale in the loose water channel after adding it, so that the heat dissipation of the car will become very poor, and the flow rate of the water will also become slower, and the pressure of the water flow will also change, resulting in the entire heat dissipation, which is the first problem.
The second problem, our antifreeze and tap water has a very essential difference, that is, anti-rust ability, if pure tap water, the entire circulating waterway will slowly appear rusty situation, and tap water has been circulating inside, rust will become more and more serious, heat dissipation will become worse, and even leaking water.
The third point, after the antifreeze into the tap water, will change the boiling point and freezing point of the original antifreeze, the original antifreeze may be to 120 degrees to open the pot, now to 105 degrees it will open the pot, the original to minus 20 degrees It will not freeze, you may now be frozen at minus 8. Because the antifreeze itself has anti-rust substances, it can delay and prevent its rust, thereby protecting the entire engine circulating waterway.
So in this case, whether to change the antifreeze or just use it, the advice given to him by meow brother is that it is best to change the antifreeze, but many places may be rested during the New Year, and the price is relatively high, so meow brother suggests that you can wait for a few days for others to work, and then find a place to change the antifreeze. Or you can simply wait a few days for the antifreeze online, buy some brands of antifreeze yourself, and then take it to the local store to replace the antifreeze.
Although it is a little troublesome, the antifreeze will be more reliable, and you will be more at ease with your own use. Because so much water is added, if it is used for a long time, it will definitely have an impact on the entire waterway of the engine, and the problem of short-term temporary use will not be too large, but if it is used for a long time, it is unfavorable for the watercourse of the entire engine and the temperature control of the entire engine.
We drive back by ourselves, especially when we go to these repair shops in the countryside, we pay attention to the point, not that they are deliberately doing so, but that the understanding of these maintenance masters is like this, not bad in the short term, this year or two years is not bad, will not give you to consider so far, this is a very realistic problem.