Redline Waterwetter

[B52GUNNER]

Anyone using it? I've used it in the past and it did lower the temps. on my supercharged Mustang Cobra.

[Bulldog]

Sorry, never heard of it. Sounds great though.

[mattcincy]

I use water wetter in my bikes but when you have to mix it with antifreeze, it doesn't really do to much. I have digital temp. on my GSXR and with 50/50 mix, it was about 191. Add redline water wetter dropped to 189. Drained the system, put in distilled water and water wetter, dropped to 176. If you live in the south and don't have to worry about cracking stuff when it gets below freezing, go for it.

matt

[jtblazeltw]

I have used it on both of the S10's that I had, I did notice a difference with the xtreme but not much at all with the Zr2. For the stock motors I don't think it is going to make a big enough difference, if it were charged then yeah. I have a brand new bottle sittin at home and I have not had any desire to put it in my TB.:m2:

[rsnow46]

I've used it in my 20 year old motorhome, and it definitely helps overtaxed cooling systems maintain the themostat determined temperature. But, on newer, efficient cooling systems with normal driving I don't see a reason for using it. If temps are going over, what seems to be a GM standard 210F, then I feel it's worth it.

[B52GUNNER]

I know the temp drop isn't drastic, the main thing to me is it breaks down the coolants service tention, so you don't get micro bubbles forming in the heads (ie hot spots). Hot spots may cause detonation on high compression engines, and with our 10.9 to 1 ? compression ratio may be a problem I thought it may be worth it. :m2:

[Spong]

I'm using it in my Jimmy. I flushed all the Dexcrap out and replaced it with green antifreeze and added the Water wetter. Can't say I see any major difference but for a few dollars it doesn't matter. If I remember right, it can't be used with the Dexcrap.

[02redhawk]

C'mon guys, use your heads here.

The coolant temperature of your vehicle is REGULATED BY YOUR THERMOSTAT AND COOLING FANS. If you use WW in your cooling system and retain a stock thermostat and stock fan-temp settings, you will NOT see any steady-state temperature reduction whatsoever. Your thermostat will still open and close at the same critical temps, and regulate your coolant temps appropriately. Anything you do "notice" would strictly be a placebo effect.

A stock cooling system was designed to properly cool the motor with the fan-temps and thermostat provided. If your vehicle is running at a steady-state temperature hotter (verified with a scantool) than your thermostat & your fan settings, then WW would have a benefit to help in thermal transfer - helping reduce the elevated temperatures back to something that perhaps the tstat, fans, and heat-exchanger can manage. But if this is the norm / daily occurance for your vehicle, then you've got an underdesigned cooling system and other avenues may be in order (like an aux heat exchanger, cooling system flush, etc.). Elevated temps while sitting in rush-hour traffic on a hot summer day I'm not considering as being the 'norm'.

Where WW is beneficial are in non-thermostat regulated systems. Like, for example, on standalone water intercoolers on turbo/SC vehicles.

[Derelict]

I used it in my Race Motorcycles, manditory being that ethel glycol is a lubricant and does notsopretty things to to your steered direction when you run across it, hehe.

[Slow_Esuvee]

i have used it in my 3.8 GN could tell a small change not much . I think i will try royal purples purple ice next time

[superblue]

Water wetter is for race use, meaning.... every track i have been on requires water cooling only, no antifreeze( like derelict posted, spilled antifreeze is like ice on the road) and to get water to cool like antifreeze, you add waterwetter to water only... water wetter in antifreeze is like a redundancy

[02redhawk]

Water wetter is for race use, meaning.... every track i have been on requires water cooling only, no antifreeze( like derelict posted, spilled antifreeze is like ice on the road) and to get water to cool like antifreeze, you add waterwetter to water only... water wetter in antifreeze is like a redundancy


FYI, pure water has higher thermal transfer properties than antifreeze/coolant. Adding antifreeze to a system actually LOWERS the boiling point, however all cooling systems are pressurized which of course raises it (boiling temp)....

[bigredexpress99]

yeah, antifreeze does just that....keeps the water in the cooling system from freezing. It also has other properties like lubing bearings in your water pump and aiding in heat transfer, but those are "side effects" if you will. I run the water wetter in my drag car, a N/A 72 nova. big al. rad., elec fans, crank driven water pump, alum. heads/iron block. Versus just normal distilled water running through the system, it ran about 10 degrees cooler. In my daily driver 1/2 ton chevy, it see no difference. But why did I put it in there? The added benefit of better heat transfer to reduce the chance of detonation. I have not seen reduced temps, but knock retard when loaded and going hard was reduce some. It was minimal to begin with 4* at the most ever, now 1* maybe 2* ona hot day. I think it works...........nuff said.

[SoCalSS]

Want your truck to run cooler? Here is what I did to my S10 and what I might do to my SS when I get it.
Take your coolant overflow bottle out from where it is and use a new smaller bottle and put it behind the grill. My truck runs about 10-15* cooler in the summer and 15-20*+ cooler when its cooled.
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