Water wetter

[kenmorton]

Anyone got any experiences good or bad about water wetter ?

Or what about the Evans waterless coolant ?

[knighty]

yes, water wetter works very well when I used it on my track car, expect to reduce rad temps by about 5 to 10 degreesC.......I dont think its an antifreeze, so dont leave it in your system over winter, as you may well crack the block if it freezes solid.......its generally considered good stuff from all the other reports I have heard about it.

[rev-erend]

I tried it and did not notice a difference.

[trackcar]

rev-erend said:

I tried it and did not notice a difference.

that's because your thermostat controls the engine temp and as long as the radiator is efficient at transferring the heat from the coolant then you won't see any changes.

However as you approach the normal limit of the cooling system water wetter can extend that usefull range by increasing teh thermal transfer, also water wetter lowers the surface tension of the coolant so is very good for chasing air pockets out of the system.

Even if you see no apparent changes on the temp gauge there's still a few very good resons for using it.

[rev-erend]

trackcar said:

rev-erend said:

I tried it and did not notice a difference.

that's because your thermostat controls the engine temp and as long as the radiator is efficient at transferring the heat from the coolant then you won't see any changes.

However as you approach the normal limit of the cooling system water wetter can extend that usefull range by increasing teh thermal transfer, also water wetter lowers the surface tension of the coolant so is very good for chasing air pockets out of the system.

Even if you see no apparent changes on the temp gauge there's still a few very good resons for using it.

Fair comment..

I also removed the air con rad from the front of the ordinary rad and added a extra 14 inch fan - that sure allows a bit more air through

Now - I just need a bit more bhp to make use of this extra cooling

[AlpineAndy]

I use one of the other ones (from agriemach) and it works.
IIRC it mixes with water and anti-freeze (well I have mixed it....).

[anonymous-user]

Using Water Wetter instead of coolant was recently suggested on another forum in a discussion about the number of 911s dropping coolant on the Nurburgring (with tragic result in some cases). As they claim Water Wetter has exactly the same friction properties as plain water I think I'll be running it in any car I use on track in the summer months where possible.