re: Water Wetter

[Jon Tara <jtara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron Lung <alung@domain.elided> wrote:

> Snake Oil it is... it's more like snake piss in this
> case :-)   I've never used water wetter in
> any of my 4 cars I've owned in the past 15years, and 
> I've never overheated or had any heat problems. (ok, I
> admit that I almost did once when my radiator seal 
> broke and sprung a leak, but water wetter wouldn't
> have helped an iota)
> 
> Plus, as Harvey alludes, if one really wanted to to 
> lower his temperature by 10degrees, just get a new $2.50 
> thermostat that's 10 degree's cooler.

The point of water wetter is NOT to lower your coolant temperature during
normal operation. Clearly, the thermostat won't let it do that.

On the other hand, if you're driving from San Diego to Los Vegas at 2 in
the afternoon in the middle of the summer, your thermostat is GOING to be
wide open. And if water wetter will reduce the temperature 10 degrees,
you're going to be happy to have that 10 degrees.

Note, BTW, that Redline says that Water Wetter is less effective with
higher percentages of coolant vs. water. (In fact, that's also the case
withOUT Water Wetter - I beleive that coolant actually lowers the boiling
point - or does it reduce the termal transfer? I'm pretty sure it's the
former.)

I run 2/3 distilled water, 1/3 high-quality coolant (Havoline, I think),
and a bottle of Water Wetter, and will change to 50/50 if I ever take that
trip to Nome.

It's pretty cheap Snake Oil, considering how often one changes one's
coolant. And, like all Snake Oil, it makes me feel better, whether it
ought to or not.
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Jon Tara
95 325is, sharked, with wetter water

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