Water Wetter

[tomrealest]

Has anyone heard of or better yet tried the product called "water wetter"?
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/redtech3.htm

Their website claims that it tranfers heat better than water and is a better coolant than water. Looks like a very interesting product especially for those of us in Florida.

 

[Genesis]

Interesting......

Never tried it....

 

[MikeP]

I can verify that some amateur Porsche 911 racers (996 series and newer) use this product and swear it helps cooling for street cars that are run at the track on weekends. I have never used it myself so can't speak for it based on personal use.

 

[jim rosenthal]

I have used it in several engines. I don't think it does any good. Whether or not it does harm I have no idea. Their oils are good, but I think this stuff is BS.

 

[Genesis]

Their numbers on 50/50 .vs. water are good - there's about a 20% difference in cooling capacity.

I don't know that I buy their other claims. Easy enough to test - run straight water and SCAs, measure temperature at a constant load and in a known water temperature, go back to dock, let engines cool down, put in their stuff and try it again. Shoot the elbows with an IR gun to avoid any possibility of error in an electric gauge.

BTW do NOT try their trick of running a higher cooling system pressure to prevent boilovers. On a Detroit this WILL cause major problems including potential loss of coolant out into the raw water side of the heat exchanger - or even worse, bypass of a liner O-ring!

 

[WishFull Thinking]

I have looked at the Water Wetter stuff before, from what I understand it will only help you if you are ALREADY exceeding the cooling limits of your system. An example would be if your thermostats were already full open, and you couldn't keep your temperatures down, then you might be interested in trying it. However, that should only happen if there is something wrong with your cooling system, or if it was undersized in the first place. It is popular in the hot-rod crowd up here, because they tend to increase the horsepower of their engines without increasing the size of their radiators.

If your cooling system is functioning properly, you shouldn't see a difference from adding water-wetter.