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[05omegav6]

Try it in the one working works car and see how long it lasts

[Crazycarzowner]

Try it in the one working works car and see how long it lasts


No chance Al, I saw it being use in a Triumph TR6 on that Wheeler Dealer program earlier today & I've never seen it before, so I was just asking if it were any good. Ed seems to think it is 

[05omegav6]

In an engine designed for it it is probably great, but in an engine which isn't? Not so sure tbh

[Bigron]

A few years back, I had a Carlton (I loved it, but it didn't love me) with overheating problems which flushing didn't cure, so I tried a product ridiculously named "Water Wetter", which claimed to reduce corrosion, improve heat transfer and lower coolant temperature by about 10 degrees C - it did!
I got mine from the Red line Oil Company, but I think it now retails in good motor factors - has anyone else used it?

Ron.

[tidla]

Put something similar in a tr7 a few weeks back on the owners request after doing coolant system repairs.

Claimed it did what it was supposed to do and brought the running temp down.

Like someone said, theres a big difference between old and older motors.

[steve6367]

The only question remaining has to be...

Why haven't you done it yet

Get yourself 2x5 litres of distilled water andget cracking

If you collect the old coolant, you can legally flush it down the toilet

or put it out for the local,moggies.

It is a really unpleasant way for a cat, dog or small child to go so really must make sure any spills cleaned up and what's removed is disposed of properly. I think fortunately most modern antifreeze has a bitterant to discourage ingestion.

[Kevin Wood]

There's nothing wrong with a water/antifreeze mix if maintained properly! Waterless coolant is just another snake-oil product designed to liberate your money, IMHO, at the level of a standard production car, at any rate.

Water wetter is handy as a corrosion inhibitor if you don't run antifreeze, and that in itself slightly increases the cooling system capacity, but, again, all these products are snake oil on a standard production car which will have a cooling system that's well over-engineered, for our climate, at any rate.

Fundamentally, in a cooling system that's working properly, it's the thermostat that defines the running temperature, so products that claim to reduce it - well...

[Bigron]

As you said, Kevin - IF maintained properly; I think mine had been abused before my tenure, so that's likely why the Water Wetter worked for me, especially as the vicious(!)static fan wasn't 100%!
That particular problem was solved by the addition of a Kenlowe big and hairy fan......

Ron.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

As you said, Kevin - IF maintained properly; I think mine had been abused before my tenure, so that's likely why the Water Wetter worked for me, especially as the vicious(!)static fan wasn't 100%!
That particular problem was solved by the addition of a Kenlowe big and hairy fan......

Ron.

Big and hairy fanny. I remember those from the seventies and eighties.

[Bigron]

Behave yourself, Dr. Opti!
Besides, I prefer shaved - you don't get hairs in your teeth.........
 


Ron.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Behave yourself, Dr. Opti!
Besides, I prefer shaved - you don't get hairs in your teeth.........
 


Ron.

Doesn't everyone these days.