Jim Becker wrote:Antifreeze comes with corrosion inhibitors, which should sate whatever hunger distilled water has. Your best practice is to use antifreeze and change it on occasion. The corrosion inhibitors get used up over time. They are evidently the only part of antifreeze that does get used up and requires it to get changed.
True statement. It also becomes acidic, and therefore corrosive over time, and becomes less than kind to your gaskets. Also, over time it picks up an electrical charge.
