Originally Posted By: AcuraTech
Who uses distilled water? None of the mechanics at my dealership. Honda coolant has been pre-mixed for years now, so no issues there. Other brand coolant still gets mixed in the shop, with water from the tap.
Sure, I would use distilled water in my car. I've never been to a shop that provides distilled water to mix with coolant, though.
Before you flame me and "stealerships", it's not my choice. I'm not gonna buy cases of distilled water to use in customer cars. I only work on cars that use pre-mixed coolant, anyway.
Most mechanics could give a [censored] about your car, as long as it makes it out of the parking lot without exploding. Very few take any pride in their work anymore. With the pressure by service managers for techs to "make hours' it's no surprise. Basically you hack stuff up/make money/get in good with the boss, or do it by the book and get fired for lack of productivity. Just another reason I'm ready to exit the business, and a good reason to work on your own car whenever possible.
After 3 1/2 years in the sales end of the dealerships I learned the hard way, what kind of [censored] heads owners and managers are. In defense of management, they were afraid of losing their big paying jobs so they were always under the gun too! No way are they using distilled anything!!!!!!!!!!!!
You nailed it, most of the guys I met from the shop were good guys forced by management to work fast, and as a result turned out some real [censored] work. I left the business because of how they were ripping me off as a salesman along with the customers.
Rant off,
Frank D