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Old 03-13-2008 | 05:12 PM
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Well i know what distilled water is and plan on using that on my bike to flush my coolant but i was wondering if bottled water was the same thing and ok to use to flush or should i stick with distilled?
 
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Old 03-13-2008 | 05:22 PM
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Distilled.
 
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Old 03-13-2008 | 05:24 PM
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i cant seam to find that anywhere though its a bummer
 
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Old 03-13-2008 | 05:35 PM
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It'll be with the gallons of bottled water at a WalMart or Meijer. If you buy a premixed 50/50 coolant, it will already be in there. You don't necesarily need distilled to flush, but you should use it to refill.
 
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Old 03-15-2008 | 11:44 PM
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Only use distilled water when mixing coolant. You should be able to find it at any decent grocery or drug store. I get it at Vons or Walgreens for about $0.99 to 1.19/gal. Ironically, it's often cheaper than bottled "drinking" water.
 
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:44 AM
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Well i bought Honda coolant so should i still flush it with distilled water or just drain it completely and just refill it? I plan on taking the block bolt out as well so. I can always blow air thru the block drain hole and let the rest drain thru the water pump. idk if thats safe though. i will do a how to tomorrow anyways.
 
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Old 03-16-2008 | 10:07 AM
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Default RE: distilled and bottled water, for coolant flush

How old of a bike is it?

I wouldnt worry about flushing it....just drain and refill...

Here is a link to a video on how to do it...

http://www.mwmotorcycles.com/forum/i...ic,2680.0.html

It was made by a buddy of mine....
 
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Old 03-16-2008 | 10:14 AM
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have to log in to watch the vid
 
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Old 03-16-2008 | 12:23 PM
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Oh well i just finished, ill post a DIY in a little bit once i get my pics all edited. It took me longer to put the ram air tube back in then do the whole bloody thing hahah
 
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Old 03-19-2008 | 01:49 PM
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Wish I'd gotten to you sooner. I recently did a flush and.....wait a minute, I did a write-up on here somewhere.....
 


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