automotive antifreeze?

[ll1l2l1l2lll]

i'm a super noob soo i'm not familiar with too much liquid cooling so go easy on me. tried to search, nothing came up.

i'm running just distilled water with alcohol. i was wondering if i could use some automotive radiator fluid to run thru my system. i don't think it corrodes that easily/quickly and the green look is pretty neat-o. if it does, could i just mix some vodka or alcohol with some antifreeze/water thru my system? i'm just wondering. theres chunks floating around my reservoir and i wanna clean it. just seeing if radiator fluid would bring down the temps. thanks a lot guys. let me know!!

cheers.

 

[Conumdrum]

No. All depends on your loop. Alcohol and distilled? Odd.......

I think you need to learn some before you make some liquid that ruins your pump, clogs your block etc. And your not running any biocide.

I'll steer you to some more technical links, please spend a few days (DAYS) reading posts, searching, learning. Don't forget to look for your case with WC. Google your case and the word watercool or some combination of that. WC stuff is larger than you think, I know from experience. WC setups done right are awesome and almost silent.

Great place, not wayyy over the top with uber WC guys.
http://www.ocforums.com/index.php
Uber place, owned by one of the worlds winning OC guys in the world. Not a place to post or ask questions by noobs, but an awesome place to learn.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/
Another good place to learn
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/
http://www.martinsliquidlab.com/ PLEASE READ A LOT HERE, will be closed in 20 days or so.

Great places to buy WC stuff
http://www.dangerden.com/index.php [...] e&Itemid=1
http://www.petrastechshop.com/
http://www.jab-tech.com/

Cya in a week or so, lotta learning to do. But welcome to Toms and we won't steer you wrong.

 

[rubix_1011]

Distilled water, biocide and if you want color, Feser makes some pretty potent dyes that work well. Swiftech has some stuff that is green as well...both come in little bottles you mix in ratio.

 

[sulumordna]

no, automotive antifreeze/coolant is designed to keeps engines around 200 degrees farenhiet ... a car is "too cold" then you need to "warm it up" ...

 

[toolmaker_03]

I use antifreeze in my systems about 80% distilled water to 20% antifreeze, and I always have, this a old school method of cooling a system down. Now with that stated I also build my loops to withstand this chemical it is harsh and can eat certain types of plastic like acrylic. So it takes a little thought and knowledge to do it right and I have made my share of mistakes along the way, but it works well with little issue. I flush the system with a new mix about once a year or less.

 

[CastanedaJ2YSDr]

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[shadow32]

Distilled water with kill coil or biocide it always best. Even specialized PC coolants aren't as good as water, so not anti-freeze.