Water Wetter

[Danton Jose Aurel Cardoso]

Tony, I agree with your points about heat indexes and what not.  Also,
keep this in mind, the car is a '98 and one never knows with age,
since it is on a rebuilt starter, original alternator, new battery,
the replacement engine had 70K on it when I bought it, and I have
close to 135K on the body, and the rest of the drivetrain
(transmission, clutch, etc).

Yes, my TSi was a first gen DSM.  Black and the obligatory tint.
Racing clutch, big brakes (slotted and drilled),racing camshafts,
larger intercooler, racing CV joints, stiffer suspension, lowered an
inch, thicker anti-roll bars,airbox cut out, racing exhaust, racing
seatbelts, etc. *note, the 'racing' gear was from the Eagle
performance parts catalogue- I used to work at a Jeep/Eagle dealer.
This beast was amazing, embarrassed enough f-body cars (trash
cans,Z-28's, etc).  It wasn't "rice," it was more "q-ship."  Never a
problem with it, it was bulletproof.

Sold it with over 155K on the odometer, when I bought it, it had 50K.
I sold it to an 18 year old- BIG MISTAKE!  I cautioned him about
getting used to it, prior to hitting the "loud pedal," he wrapped it
around a tree the first week.  Car was totaled, he was banged up with
some broken limbs, but it is what it is.  I do miss that car, but it
did lack in the "Teutonic feel."

Next time I wash the A4, I am going to blast the condenser, but can I
do it from the front?  I can only go to a DIY place.

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:
> One quick note, heat indexes and wind chill readings do not affect a car.
> Those are the relational affect they have on living organisms.
>
> However, glad you didn't have any issues. With a properly running car and
> the cooling system functioning properly, you shouldn't need any addative. I
> run none in the 4000Q, run the AC all the time (I live in Houston, hello 90+
> four or five months) and never have the needle go any higher than it does in
> the winter in WI.
>
> On a side note, I've probably done 40 timing belts on 1.8T's and 10 on V6's
> in A4/Passat's. I just changed one procedure. When you listers are doing
> yours, pull the AC condensor off the front and clean behind it. I've never
> pulled it before on one of these, but found it made replacing the crank seal
> much easier. Well, while it was off I noticed a LOT of stuff stuck into
> probably 1/8 or more of the radiator surface area. It was in between the
> condensor and radiator, so I normally wouldn't have noticed it. Well, I'll
> be pulling them all from now on.
>
> Oh, and I always loved the Talon, especially in that dark grey. What a great
> car to drive, too. BTW, my fav is the first gen with pop-up headlights.
>
> Tony
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Danton J.A. Cardoso <djacardoso at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I just wanted to extol the merits of this fine product.  Many years ago, I
>> had an Eagle Talon TSi all wheel drive, with significant modifications,
>> but
>> looked bone stock, and Water Wetter was always recommended.
>>
>> Flash forward sixteen years later, and I decided to use this in my A4,
>> with
>> the 2.8. Yesterday, I was driving back from NY, with an overnight stop in
>> Columbus.  Anyway, while getting ready to leave, I was watching the
>> weather
>> and hearing about the significant heat that was going to happen today
>> through three states that I was going to be driving through.  Three of the
>> states were giving readings of 100 plus with heat indexes factored in.
>>  Now,
>> I live in one of those three states (MO), and when I left last week, the
>> forecast for my town, was going to be 111 with the heat index factored in.



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Danton J.A. Cardoso