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Old May 11, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by mudslingur
I'm going to go ahead and put the mechanical fan back on,but I have to wait til next week because me and my cosin have to make one outof fiber glass because we broke the original one.
You're going to make a new fan???
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 07:57 AM
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Distilled water will not prevent ionization, only deionized water will and it is not commonly available. Read here about different antifreeze colors:
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Old May 12, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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You may need to boil out your engine block (not sure if this is correct terminology). Also, as horrible as it is to imagine, turning on the heater full tilt, fan on high, open all windows and doors, and hood up will help.
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jokerforever
You're going to make a new fan???
No,a new shroud

But a fiberglass fan ian't a bad idea
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 78f-150Supercab
Kind of a bad example. I have no qualms with tap water. I'll drink it, I cook with it, shower in it... What the heck kind of tap water do you have that you are afraid to drink it?!
Well, that may be...but tap water does have nasty stuff in it anyhow.

Oh, only the dirtest river on the east coast from the industrial revolution.
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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Alright... I'll let you have that one :-P
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Our work truck at SFA (i think its a 77) was having the same problem...we ran some CLR through the cooling system. After flushing out the CLR (and all the crap it cleaned out) it runs just fine w/no temp rise during extended idle times in our crazy texas heat
 
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