Whats up with the Aquaduct?

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But you totally missed the whole point on my question.

I am asking MAX if using phosphate based coolants was a bad thing, because i remember reading about them. And how they damaged the pump and the impeller. I am NOT asking about corrosion or anything else which you are so energetically jumping to.

If i remember correctly, using phosphate based coolants caused a buildup on the impeller chamber which then caused pump failure. This question was not directed at corrosion so dont jump at it.

This is also why using regular antifreeze is not recomended, because most of them are phosphate based, minus the ones exotic car companys use, like porshe and audi.

I dont think AC went out to a porshe or audi dealer to pick up some antifreeze. And someone also quoted it smelled like waffles which is almost near what a water wetter smells like. So TN, once again, you need to read the question im asking about, and if you have no idea, then you need to keep quiet until someone who does know what the correct answer is.

Well I was trying to save server space by just quoting a small part of your post. I went back and quoted the whole of your post just to make you happy. However, aren't you sounding like a broken record here? You keep saying the same FUD over and over again.

Please try to add something to the conversation that might be helpful, okay? If you think that the stuff in AC fluid is going to cause problems then there certainly should be conversations and information about it correct? Then instead of interjecting FUD please just show us some information or data that connects the AC Fluid ingredient with your comment. Mentioning what some other chemical compound did or does to water cooling components is just not helpful here? Didn't I specifically state that the stuff used in Europe in non-glycol based?

Why is it you fail to believe that AC Fluid or TEC Protect does what it does when years of it's use in Europe has failed to produce the dire problems you say it does? Is it because the people reporting it don't read, write, or speak English? If so then get your Google translator on and do some searching through the European forums.

Yep, does smell like some tasty waffles!

There also were some reported problems with AC fluid and alpha cool blocks. To be exact the AC fluid ate the o-ring.

That might be possible because it has a very low amount of acid in it. However, I sincerely doubt it happened at the recommended solution rate of 2%. I've noticed that many water cooler's don't pay attention to the instructions and just dump the whole bottle in their loop thinking that more is better.

BTW, do you use AC Fluid and at the recommended solution level? I have always considered just using distilled h20 and some kind of anti-biological agent in my loop because I trust the quality of hard anodizing that AC does, but since I don't think it has any noticeable negative effects I have just used it anyway. However, if someone can point me to some data that says otherwise I'm all ears.