Waterless Coolant
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Evans are the main people for it.
It is pretty expensive, and for a relatively mundane car with an already good cooling system there really isnt much point.
For an engine that is pushed hard or one where the cooling system is near it's limits then it can be a good addition though.
But to drain, flush and fill the system you'll be well into a few hundred quid.
It is pretty expensive, and for a relatively mundane car with an already good cooling system there really isnt much point.
For an engine that is pushed hard or one where the cooling system is near it's limits then it can be a good addition though.
But to drain, flush and fill the system you'll be well into a few hundred quid.
neiljohnson said:
It's not really required tbh something that may be of intrest to you is I know someone who is currently logging data on what differance water wetter can make to a charge cooler & its looking quite promising
Mustang man told me about water wetter it makes water wetter I would of thought just running a higher content of anti freeze would have the same affect stick100 said:
Mustang man told me about water wetter it makes water wetter I would of thought just running a higher content of anti freeze would have the same affect
It's some sort of chemical composition that helps with the transfer of heat, I heard of a while back but just thought it was another form of snake oil but the results so far are very promising neiljohnson said:
It's some sort of chemical composition that helps with the transfer of heat, I heard of a while back but just thought it was another form of snake oil but the results so far are very promising
I ran in mine 70% anti freeze and according to the data logs I was running between 4 and 7 degrees cooler which was a good thing but the water wetter I've seen just looked and smelt like antifreeze I've got some Evans here. As has been said it's not cheap. Two of my engines have a habit of rotting from the inside out, so cannot use water in the cooling system.
IIRC, the original RDLCs were 'LCs' because they needed to run hotter than a standard water/antifreeze system of the time would allow.
IIRC, the original RDLCs were 'LCs' because they needed to run hotter than a standard water/antifreeze system of the time would allow.
Any time Ive tried water wetter, it hasnt made a bit of difference.
Pure water is the best coolant ( Except for the Evans stuff of course )....but we must use some sort of anti-freeze and corrosion inhibitor otherwise water would be pretty useless lol.
If you're doing a fresh build and sure it will stay together then you can use the Evans without having to flush and prep the system so costs would be less. I think it's around £65 per gallon. Prep fluid is same price, although luckily the prep fluid is re-usable.
Probably until it gets saturated with water.
It doesnt freeze, it doesnt boil, and because of that it generates almost no pressure in the system which is a good thing.
But in use, temperatures will read slightly higher on the gauge. It's just down to how the fluid extracts heat from the engine faster though, so not actually anything to worry about.
Pure water is the best coolant ( Except for the Evans stuff of course )....but we must use some sort of anti-freeze and corrosion inhibitor otherwise water would be pretty useless lol.
If you're doing a fresh build and sure it will stay together then you can use the Evans without having to flush and prep the system so costs would be less. I think it's around £65 per gallon. Prep fluid is same price, although luckily the prep fluid is re-usable.
Probably until it gets saturated with water.
It doesnt freeze, it doesnt boil, and because of that it generates almost no pressure in the system which is a good thing.
But in use, temperatures will read slightly higher on the gauge. It's just down to how the fluid extracts heat from the engine faster though, so not actually anything to worry about.
Edited by stevieturbo on Wednesday 17th October 22:33
robbyd said:
I once ran my Dolomite Sprint on 100% antifreeze and it ran very hot to the extent of boiling over, so I would guess any higher percentage than 50 would tend towards the same effect....
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