Water for coolant
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Water for coolant
im thinking about running water and some redline water wetter in the spring. no coolant. comments? things i should know?
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From what I can determine, Red Line wateer wetter has no properties other than improving the heat transfer of coolant.
You should still have something in your coolant as a corrosion protection, and to help lubricate the water pump seal. As I recall, for standard PEG antifreeze solutions, the minimum recommended concentration is something around 12-18% to ensure that protection.
You should still have something in your coolant as a corrosion protection, and to help lubricate the water pump seal. As I recall, for standard PEG antifreeze solutions, the minimum recommended concentration is something around 12-18% to ensure that protection.
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Re: Re: Water for coolant
Originally posted by 305sbc
Yeah water works great. Distilled (not spring water) will work better with less corrosion.
Yeah water works great. Distilled (not spring water) will work better with less corrosion.
Don't use any old tap water.
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RLWW actually does have some corrosion inhibitors and they work quite well, however think of the amount of RLWW as compared to your coolant system volume. If it were me... well 60/40 (DW/AF) is what I run.
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Water just seams to work the best as long as you can remember to coolant up the mix when it gets colder.
A few times in my life I had a hot car that would puke coolant but be happy as heck with tap water when it was a screaming hot summer. I also delievered pizza then. stop,go,stop,go.......
A few times in my life I had a hot car that would puke coolant but be happy as heck with tap water when it was a screaming hot summer. I also delievered pizza then. stop,go,stop,go.......
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Ohh and why not just dump a quart of water solvable oil in it???
I often wondered about that when even after a good flush the system looked rusty. Run some oil through it and lube the block.
I often wondered about that when even after a good flush the system looked rusty. Run some oil through it and lube the block.
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Originally posted by Red Devil
RLWW actually does have some corrosion inhibitors and they work quite well, however think of the amount of RLWW as compared to your coolant system volume. If it were me... well 60/40 (DW/AF) is what I run.
RLWW actually does have some corrosion inhibitors and they work quite well, however think of the amount of RLWW as compared to your coolant system volume. If it were me... well 60/40 (DW/AF) is what I run.
BTW - Good to see you're still lurking about. You were stuck on '666' for quite a while.
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Originally posted by Vader
BTW - Good to see you're still lurking about. You were stuck on '666' for quite a while.
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I read that Redline water wetter was developed by an engineer that was trying to make a corrosion inhibitor for race cars because some circle tracks don't allow antifreeze. The heat transfer improvement was unexpected. I use 20% antifreeze and water wetter in my TPI S-10 and the temperature on a hot day now runs 180 instead of 200+. I add more antifreeze in the fall and flush the radiator every spring.
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Re: Water for coolant
I have a 1988 Camaro convertible,,(305 v8),,, put on a daytona hood for better air flow & use wetter water and this seems to solve my overheating at this time. However summer is not in full bloom yet.
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Re: Water for coolant
Hello 10-year old thread, lol.
Gary Dan, if you look at the top left corner of the last post on a thread it will tell you when it was posted, chances are the original poster on this one hasn't been on in years.
just a friendly heads up
Gary Dan, if you look at the top left corner of the last post on a thread it will tell you when it was posted, chances are the original poster on this one hasn't been on in years.
just a friendly heads up