Water, as we know, comes from various sources such as river, well, bore-hole, tap, ocean, lagoon etc. you can name it. However, as human being take water for digestion and to aid our normal body temperature, vehicles also make use of water to aid their temperature. The issue is, car owners do not bother about what water is best for their car as to most people, water is water so far it is not dirty and as far as vehicles are concerned.

A lot of people have caused damage to their cars ranging from rust in the radiator to partial clogging of the radiator hose and particles settling down the reservoir. People in the Lagos Island area would ordinarily not see anything bad in using water from their wells or boreholes to fill their radiator as coolant whereas water in that area has high concentrate of salinity (salt water) which is capable of causing corrosion within the radiator. Likewise, people who often enjoy the government-provided pipe-borne water in their areas will not think twice when filling their car radiator with this type of water from Water Corporation. The pipe borne water is a treated kind of water, meaning that calcium, fluorine, chlorine and other necessary compounds will be present in the water to make it portable for human consumption, not for car consumption.
The point here is not to say that water gotten from the above sources are totally bad for vehicle consumption. The home-sourced water (e.g. tap, well or bore-hole) are the most easily accessible water for any car user to apply to the radiator, but not the best for cars. Having talked about different waters and their possible effect on the radiator, the question now is what water then is good for a car? There are better choices of water. Rain water is a very good choice for the car radiator because it has a very low mineral composition and it does not contain particles, but it is not always in constant supply as seasons change. Another better water is distilled water (most table/bottled water). The minerals in distilled water have been removed and that makes it a better choice for car. These are superior choices of water than the conventional tap or pipe-borne water being used by most car users. But which of these now is the best?
The answer is probably the most unexpected one, a very unlikely guess by anybody - water that drop from the Air conditioner! An air conditioner unit is a closed cycle system that condenses atmospheric air to a liquid, then expand and vaporize the already cooled air, draws out heat (evaporates heat), then pumps the condensed air to where it cools and re-condenses then goes through the cycle all over again. The water that drips out is actually the condensed water droplets from the water vapour that is present in air. When the air passes through this Evaporator, it gets cooled to a much lower temperature which causes the water vapour present in it to get condensed. The condensed water is finally drains out of the air conditioner through a collecting hose.

Water from the air-conditioner, either the split unit or window unit does not contain mineral composition that may cause irritation to your car unlike the natural water from well or bore-hole. To get air-conditioner (A/C) water in a sufficient quantity, a bucket can be placed to collect the water from the hose that convey the water from the A/C. The water may be stored in a jerrycan from where you take the needed quantity for your car's radiator each time you need to fill it. It is best to fill the radiator via the reservoir and be sure not to go beyond the maximum level as indicated on the reservoir. The reservoir is the covered plastic container that has a hose connecting it to the radiator, its purpose is to supply water to the radiator when the radiator water depletes. In the case of filling the radiator directly, it is not good to keep filling the radiator after water level has risen to the brim and start spilling, this is because when your car engine runs and the water gets very hot, it expands and if there is no enough space for the expanded water to occupy, it will put unnecessary force on your radiator cap (cover/lid) which will soon cause the cap to lose its capacity to hold pressure.

The function of the radiator fan is to blow on the radiator to cool the water as the water runs through the radiator. The fan also expels heat from the engine. For instance, if you hold a tiny piece of paper in front of the fan, when you release the paper the fan is supposed to suck the paper, that is how it sucks heat from the engine. If the fan blows away the paper, then the fan is not working effectively. It is advisable not to run your fan directly by by-passing the relay that is supposed to control the fan, many mechanics have wrongly convinced a lot of car owners to run their fan directly by tapping power from the battery directly or from a socket that supplies power to an entirely different component. Then when the car ignition is turned, the fan starts rolling immediately whereas the fan is supposed to wait until the engine gets warm before it picks up to cool the engine. Running the fan directly will shorten the life span of the fan and also make your car consume fuel abnormally. Don’t change the manufacturer specified radiator (either from single cell to double or vice versa) and it is also not advisable to change your radiator fan (either from single to double fans or vice versa) as manufacturers that made the car know exactly what is best for the car. Don’t let any Kazeem convince you to change anything against the manufacturer’s specification under any circumstance either because of overheating or cooling system. Another “don’t” is that, don’t let any mechanic advise you to remove the thermostat from your car because of overheating problem, the thermostat regulates your car temperature (probably another topic for another day).

Conclusion, always ensure that your car is not starved of water and ensure you check your car water or coolant level (if yours uses coolant) as recommended by manufacturers or car experts and depending on how far you drive the car regularly. If your car radiator uses coolant, make sure you top the coolant with same kind of coolant when it is necessary to do so (about once a year). If yours is the green type of coolant, top it with green, if it’s pink, use the pink to refill it. Note that you don't necessarily have to keep opening the radiator cap everyday as that can cause the cap to lose its pressure-holding capacity. Ensure that you always look at your instrument cluster to check the temperature level of your car engine and to know which indicator light is up and what it is saying, all the indicator lights will normally appear when you start the car and should go off immediately. Anyone that remains on is saying something, that is how your car can easily communicate with you. It is normal for the temperature gauge on the instrument cluster to rise to the middle and stay there, anything above the middle line calls for an urgent attention.

Happy weekend and enjoy your rides!

NB: Please note that Air Conditioner water is not to be consumed by human!
Signed out.

Thank you, Chief.

So which bottle water in Nigeria is distilled?

Why not use coolant?... water for emergency?... you will save a whole lot more in the long run

timenamoney:
So which bottle water in Nigeria is distilled?

just jejely use coolant

kernniejay:
Water, as we know, comes from various sources such as river, well, bore-hole, tap, ocean, lagoon etc. you can name it. However, as human being take water for digestion and to aid our normal body temperature, vehicles also make use of water to aid their temperature. The issue is, car owners do not bother about what water is best for their car as to most people, water is water so far it is not dirty and as far as vehicles are concerned.

A lot of people have caused damage to their cars ranging from rust in the radiator to partial clogging of the radiator hose and particles settling down the reservoir. People in the Lagos Island area would ordinarily not see anything bad in using water from their wells or boreholes to fill their radiator as coolant whereas water in that area has high concentrate of salinity (salt water) which is capable of causing corrosion within the radiator. Likewise, people who often enjoy the government-provided pipe-borne water in their areas will not think twice when filling their car radiator with this type of water from Water Corporation. The pipe borne water is a treated kind of water, meaning that calcium, fluorine, chlorine and other necessary compounds will be present in the water to make it portable for human consumption, not for car consumption.
The point here is not to say that water gotten from the above sources are totally bad for vehicle consumption. The home-sourced water (e.g. tap, well or bore-hole) are the most easily accessible water for any car user to apply to the radiator, but not the best for cars. Having talked about different waters and their possible effect on the radiator, the question now is what water then is good for a car? There are better choices of water. Rain water is a very good choice for the car radiator because it has a very low mineral composition and it does not contain particles, but it is not always in constant supply as seasons change. Another better water is distilled water (most table/bottled water). The minerals in distilled water have been removed and that makes it a better choice for car. These are superior choices of water than the conventional tap or pipe-borne water being used by most car users. But which of these now is the best?
The answer is probably the most unexpected one, a very unlikely guess by anybody - water that drop from the Air conditioner! An air conditioner unit is a closed cycle system that condenses atmospheric air to a liquid, then expand and vaporize the already cooled air, draws out heat (evaporates heat), then pumps the condensed air to where it cools and re-condenses then goes through the cycle all over again. The water that drips out is actually the condensed water droplets from the water vapour that is present in air. When the air passes through this Evaporator, it gets cooled to a much lower temperature which causes the water vapour present in it to get condensed. The condensed water is finally drains out of the air conditioner through a collecting hose.

Water from the air-conditioner, either the split unit or window unit does not contain mineral composition that may cause irritation to your car unlike the natural water from well or bore-hole. To get air-conditioner (A/C) water in a sufficient quantity, a bucket can be placed to collect the water from the hose that convey the water from the A/C. The water may be stored in a jerrycan from where you take the needed quantity for your car's radiator each time you need to fill it. It is best to fill the radiator via the reservoir and be sure not to go beyond the maximum level as indicated on the reservoir. The reservoir is the covered plastic container that has a hose connecting it to the radiator, its purpose is to supply water to the radiator when the radiator water depletes. In the case of filling the radiator directly, it is not good to keep filling the radiator after water level has risen to the brim and start spilling, this is because when your car engine runs and the water gets very hot, it expands and if there is no enough space for the expanded water to occupy, it will put unnecessary force on your radiator cap (cover/lid) which will soon cause the cap to lose its capacity to hold pressure.

The function of the radiator fan is to blow on the radiator to cool the water as the water runs through the radiator. The fan also expels heat from the engine. For instance, if you hold a tiny piece of paper in front of the fan, when you release the paper the fan is supposed to suck the paper, that is how it sucks heat from the engine. If the fan blows away the paper, then the fan is not working effectively. It is advisable not to run your fan directly by by-passing the relay that is supposed to control the fan, many mechanics have wrongly convinced a lot of car owners to run their fan directly by tapping power from the battery directly or from a socket that supplies power to an entirely different component. Then when the car ignition is turned, the fan starts rolling immediately whereas the fan is supposed to wait until the engine gets warm before it picks up to cool the engine. Running the fan directly will shorten the life span of the fan and also make your car consume fuel abnormally. Don’t change the manufacturer specified radiator (either from single cell to double or vice versa) and it is also not advisable to change your radiator fan (either from single to double fans or vice versa) as manufacturers that made the car know exactly what is best for the car. Don’t let any Kazeem convince you to change anything against the manufacturer’s specification under any circumstance either because of overheating or cooling system. Another “don’t” is that, don’t let any mechanic advise you to remove the thermostat from your car because of overheating problem, the thermostat regulates your car temperature (probably another topic for another day).

Conclusion, always ensure that your car is not starved of water and ensure you check your car water or coolant level (if yours uses coolant) as recommended by manufacturers or car experts and depending on how far you drive the car regularly. If your car radiator uses coolant, make sure you top the coolant with same kind of coolant when it is necessary to do so (about once a year). If yours is the green type of coolant, top it with green, if it’s pink, use the pink to refill it. Note that you don't necessarily have to keep opening the radiator cap everyday as that can cause the cap to lose its pressure-holding capacity. Ensure that you always look at your instrument cluster to check the temperature level of your car engine and to know which indicator light is up and what it is saying, all the indicator lights will normally appear when you start the car and should go off immediately. Anyone that remains on is saying something, that is how your car can easily communicate with you. It is normal for the temperature gauge on the instrument cluster to rise to the middle and stay there, anything above the middle line calls for an urgent attention.

Happy weekend and enjoy your rides!

NB: Please note that Air Conditioner water is not to be consumed by human!
Signed out.

Salute bro!

RZArecta:
just jejely use coolant

my question is which bottle water in Nigeria is distilled water, we may run short of coolant some day and distilled water is the emergency remedy

timenamoney:
my question is which bottle water in Nigeria is distilled water, we may run short of coolant some day and distilled water is the emergency remedy

while growing up, distilled water was sold in stores but I don't know about now. If you want to use bottled water, then it's best to use something from a reputable company like Eva since hopefully, they use international best practices for their water treatment. All water use should still be only on a temporary basis because distilled water is basically water that has been stripped of its minerals and impurities making it composed of chemically imbalanced ions. This makes the distilled water ionically hungry and it goes about stripping the metals in a vehicles cooling system of electrons trying to rebalance itself until it causes serious damage to that system. Penny wise, pound fóolish at the end of the day

Thanks..well done. I use the water from the AC too.

kernniejay:
Water, as we know, comes from various sources such as river, well, bore-hole, tap, ocean, lagoon etc. you can name it. However, as human being take water for digestion and to aid our normal body temperature, vehicles also make use of water to aid their temperature. The issue is, car owners do not bother about what water is best for their car as to most people, water is water so far it is not dirty and as far as vehicles are concerned.

A lot of people have caused damage to their cars ranging from rust in the radiator to partial clogging of the radiator hose and particles settling down the reservoir. People in the Lagos Island area would ordinarily not see anything bad in using water from their wells or boreholes to fill their radiator as coolant whereas water in that area has high concentrate of salinity (salt water) which is capable of causing corrosion within the radiator. Likewise, people who often enjoy the government-provided pipe-borne water in their areas will not think twice when filling their car radiator with this type of water from Water Corporation. The pipe borne water is a treated kind of water, meaning that calcium, fluorine, chlorine and other necessary compounds will be present in the water to make it portable for human consumption, not for car consumption.
The point here is not to say that water gotten from the above sources are totally bad for vehicle consumption. The home-sourced water (e.g. tap, well or bore-hole) are the most easily accessible water for any car user to apply to the radiator, but not the best for cars. Having talked about different waters and their possible effect on the radiator, the question now is what water then is good for a car? There are better choices of water. Rain water is a very good choice for the car radiator because it has a very low mineral composition and it does not contain particles, but it is not always in constant supply as seasons change. Another better water is distilled water (most table/bottled water). The minerals in distilled water have been removed and that makes it a better choice for car. These are superior choices of water than the conventional tap or pipe-borne water being used by most car users. But which of these now is the best?
The answer is probably the most unexpected one, a very unlikely guess by anybody - water that drop from the Air conditioner! An air conditioner unit is a closed cycle system that condenses atmospheric air to a liquid, then expand and vaporize the already cooled air, draws out heat (evaporates heat), then pumps the condensed air to where it cools and re-condenses then goes through the cycle all over again. The water that drips out is actually the condensed water droplets from the water vapour that is present in air. When the air passes through this Evaporator, it gets cooled to a much lower temperature which causes the water vapour present in it to get condensed. The condensed water is finally drains out of the air conditioner through a collecting hose.

Water from the air-conditioner, either the split unit or window unit does not contain mineral composition that may cause irritation to your car unlike the natural water from well or bore-hole. To get air-conditioner (A/C) water in a sufficient quantity, a bucket can be placed to collect the water from the hose that convey the water from the A/C. The water may be stored in a jerrycan from where you take the needed quantity for your car's radiator each time you need to fill it. It is best to fill the radiator via the reservoir and be sure not to go beyond the maximum level as indicated on the reservoir. The reservoir is the covered plastic container that has a hose connecting it to the radiator, its purpose is to supply water to the radiator when the radiator water depletes. In the case of filling the radiator directly, it is not good to keep filling the radiator after water level has risen to the brim and start spilling, this is because when your car engine runs and the water gets very hot, it expands and if there is no enough space for the expanded water to occupy, it will put unnecessary force on your radiator cap (cover/lid) which will soon cause the cap to lose its capacity to hold pressure.

The function of the radiator fan is to blow on the radiator to cool the water as the water runs through the radiator. The fan also expels heat from the engine. For instance, if you hold a tiny piece of paper in front of the fan, when you release the paper the fan is supposed to suck the paper, that is how it sucks heat from the engine. If the fan blows away the paper, then the fan is not working effectively. It is advisable not to run your fan directly by by-passing the relay that is supposed to control the fan, many mechanics have wrongly convinced a lot of car owners to run their fan directly by tapping power from the battery directly or from a socket that supplies power to an entirely different component. Then when the car ignition is turned, the fan starts rolling immediately whereas the fan is supposed to wait until the engine gets warm before it picks up to cool the engine. Running the fan directly will shorten the life span of the fan and also make your car consume fuel abnormally. Don’t change the manufacturer specified radiator (either from single cell to double or vice versa) and it is also not advisable to change your radiator fan (either from single to double fans or vice versa) as manufacturers that made the car know exactly what is best for the car. Don’t let any Kazeem convince you to change anything against the manufacturer’s specification under any circumstance either because of overheating or cooling system. Another “don’t” is that, don’t let any mechanic advise you to remove the thermostat from your car because of overheating problem, the thermostat regulates your car temperature (probably another topic for another day).

Conclusion, always ensure that your car is not starved of water and ensure you check your car water or coolant level (if yours uses coolant) as recommended by manufacturers or car experts and depending on how far you drive the car regularly. If your car radiator uses coolant, make sure you top the coolant with same kind of coolant when it is necessary to do so (about once a year). If yours is the green type of coolant, top it with green, if it’s pink, use the pink to refill it. Note that you don't necessarily have to keep opening the radiator cap everyday as that can cause the cap to lose its pressure-holding capacity. Ensure that you always look at your instrument cluster to check the temperature level of your car engine and to know which indicator light is up and what it is saying, all the indicator lights will normally appear when you start the car and should go off immediately. Anyone that remains on is saying something, that is how your car can easily communicate with you. It is normal for the temperature gauge on the instrument cluster to rise to the middle and stay there, anything above the middle line calls for an urgent attention.

Happy weekend and enjoy your rides!

NB: Please note that Air Conditioner water is not to be consumed by human!
Signed out.

kernniejay:
Water, as we know, comes from various sources such as river, well, bore-hole, tap, ocean, lagoon etc. you can name it. However, as human being take water for digestion and to aid our normal body temperature, vehicles also make use of water to aid their temperature. The issue is, car owners do not bother about what water is best for their car as to most people, water is water so far it is not dirty and as far as vehicles are concerned.

A lot of people have caused damage to their cars ranging from rust in the radiator to partial clogging of the radiator hose and particles settling down the reservoir. People in the Lagos Island area would ordinarily not see anything bad in using water from their wells or boreholes to fill their radiator as coolant whereas water in that area has high concentrate of salinity (salt water) which is capable of causing corrosion within the radiator. Likewise, people who often enjoy the government-provided pipe-borne water in their areas will not think twice when filling their car radiator with this type of water from Water Corporation. The pipe borne water is a treated kind of water, meaning that calcium, fluorine, chlorine and other necessary compounds will be present in the water to make it portable for human consumption, not for car consumption.
The point here is not to say that water gotten from the above sources are totally bad for vehicle consumption. The home-sourced water (e.g. tap, well or bore-hole) are the most easily accessible water for any car user to apply to the radiator, but not the best for cars. Having talked about different waters and their possible effect on the radiator, the question now is what water then is good for a car? There are better choices of water. Rain water is a very good choice for the car radiator because it has a very low mineral composition and it does not contain particles, but it is not always in constant supply as seasons change. Another better water is distilled water (most table/bottled water). The minerals in distilled water have been removed and that makes it a better choice for car. These are superior choices of water than the conventional tap or pipe-borne water being used by most car users. But which of these now is the best?
The answer is probably the most unexpected one, a very unlikely guess by anybody - water that drop from the Air conditioner! An air conditioner unit is a closed cycle system that condenses atmospheric air to a liquid, then expand and vaporize the already cooled air, draws out heat (evaporates heat), then pumps the condensed air to where it cools and re-condenses then goes through the cycle all over again. The water that drips out is actually the condensed water droplets from the water vapour that is present in air. When the air passes through this Evaporator, it gets cooled to a much lower temperature which causes the water vapour present in it to get condensed. The condensed water is finally drains out of the air conditioner through a collecting hose.

Water from the air-conditioner, either the split unit or window unit does not contain mineral composition that may cause irritation to your car unlike the natural water from well or bore-hole. To get air-conditioner (A/C) water in a sufficient quantity, a bucket can be placed to collect the water from the hose that convey the water from the A/C. The water may be stored in a jerrycan from where you take the needed quantity for your car's radiator each time you need to fill it. It is best to fill the radiator via the reservoir and be sure not to go beyond the maximum level as indicated on the reservoir. The reservoir is the covered plastic container that has a hose connecting it to the radiator, its purpose is to supply water to the radiator when the radiator water depletes. In the case of filling the radiator directly, it is not good to keep filling the radiator after water level has risen to the brim and start spilling, this is because when your car engine runs and the water gets very hot, it expands and if there is no enough space for the expanded water to occupy, it will put unnecessary force on your radiator cap (cover/lid) which will soon cause the cap to lose its capacity to hold pressure.

The function of the radiator fan is to blow on the radiator to cool the water as the water runs through the radiator. The fan also expels heat from the engine. For instance, if you hold a tiny piece of paper in front of the fan, when you release the paper the fan is supposed to suck the paper, that is how it sucks heat from the engine. If the fan blows away the paper, then the fan is not working effectively. It is advisable not to run your fan directly by by-passing the relay that is supposed to control the fan, many mechanics have wrongly convinced a lot of car owners to run their fan directly by tapping power from the battery directly or from a socket that supplies power to an entirely different component. Then when the car ignition is turned, the fan starts rolling immediately whereas the fan is supposed to wait until the engine gets warm before it picks up to cool the engine. Running the fan directly will shorten the life span of the fan and also make your car consume fuel abnormally. Don’t change the manufacturer specified radiator (either from single cell to double or vice versa) and it is also not advisable to change your radiator fan (either from single to double fans or vice versa) as manufacturers that made the car know exactly what is best for the car. Don’t let any Kazeem convince you to change anything against the manufacturer’s specification under any circumstance either because of overheating or cooling system. Another “don’t” is that, don’t let any mechanic advise you to remove the thermostat from your car because of overheating problem, the thermostat regulates your car temperature (probably another topic for another day).

Conclusion, always ensure that your car is not starved of water and ensure you check your car water or coolant level (if yours uses coolant) as recommended by manufacturers or car experts and depending on how far you drive the car regularly. If your car radiator uses coolant, make sure you top the coolant with same kind of coolant when it is necessary to do so (about once a year). If yours is the green type of coolant, top it with green, if it’s pink, use the pink to refill it. Note that you don't necessarily have to keep opening the radiator cap everyday as that can cause the cap to lose its pressure-holding capacity. Ensure that you always look at your instrument cluster to check the temperature level of your car engine and to know which indicator light is up and what it is saying, all the indicator lights will normally appear when you start the car and should go off immediately. Anyone that remains on is saying something, that is how your car can easily communicate with you. It is normal for the temperature gauge on the instrument cluster to rise to the middle and stay there, anything above the middle line calls for an urgent attention.

Happy weekend and enjoy your rides!

NB: Please note that Air Conditioner water is not to be consumed by human!
Signed out.

bro thanks for the write-up, please what can cause my reservoir container cover to be open sometimes

2special:
bro thanks for the write-up, please what can cause my reservoir container cover to be open sometimes

Radiator cover or Reservoir cover? It is radiator cover (cap) that usually have that problem when the cover is bad and it can be replaced. Well, may be the Reservoir cover is slack.

kernniejay:

Radiator cover or Reservoir cover? It is radiator cover (cap) that usually have that problem when the cover is bad and it can be replaced. Well, may be the Reservoir cover is slack.

thanks bro, it's the reservoir cover