[s-cars] Coolant Heresy?

[Igor Kessel]

Bill Mahoney wrote:
> Welcome back Igor!  and note that I have thoroughly cleaned my garage, tools
> and generally tidied up my area in celebration of your return.
> Evans has referred me to armyjeepparts.com as the supposed Audi expert for
> their coolant.  Unfortunately, this looks pretty much like a one man
> operation website and I have yet to hear back.  I'll keep trying to contact
> as the thought of a flammable/sterno type coolant kinda turns me on in some
> sic way =O
> Cheers
> Bill m
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Turczyn [mailto:mturczyn at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 12:07 PM
> To: Igor Kessel; Bill Mahoney
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coolant Heresy?
>
>
> At 3:33 AM -0400 4/12/03, Igor Kessel wrote:
>
>>Bill Mahoney wrote:
>>
>>>The only coolant that works for our cars is the Audi OEM coolant.
>>>That said, has anyone ever considered Evans NPG+ Racing Coolant?
>>>http://www.evanscooling.com/main31.htm
>>>Supposedly it was used in the Sprongel S2 rally car.  In comparing boiling
>>>point vs oem, boiling point is about 100 degrees F higher; about 370 vs
>
> 270
>
>>>for the oem coolant.
>>>My take is that it may create better detonation.
>>>Geniuses?
>>>Bill m
>>>
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>>
>>Bill,
>>I believe Sprongl runs a 10v engine in his S2. I myself had successfully
>>run 100% Evans in my '89 200TQ with the 10v engine. I liked it a lot.
>>Especially the zero-pressure feature. Pulling up into a gas station in
>>the summertime and undoing the cap on the expansion reservoir with the
>>scorching hot engine before the astounded attendant who was about to
>>duck - priceless!
>>
>>Alas, Evans does not look like a viable option in the AAN, and possibly
>>in the 3B too. The trouble is the water pump fails to move the denser
>>Propylene Glycol coolant and the radiator passages are also too fine for
>>it to move. Those who tried Evans in our cars lost water pumps radiators
>>and had eventually scrapped the idea.
>>
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>
> Igor-
>
> Welcome back.  I use Evans in my race bike but I had them make up a
> less viscous concoction.  They now call it Ducati racing coolant.  It
> works great but is only good down to -20 F.  So if you want max
> protection at the track perhaps this would work.  When you can use
> Evans I believe it is the best protection you can get.
>
> Again- glad to see you back on the list
>
>
>
>
> --
> Mark Turczyn
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> >

Thanks, Bill.
The owner of armyjeepparts.com is George Baxter - a very knowledgeable
audi specialist located near me, in Philly suburbs. He is the one from
whom I bought the Evans coolant for the 200TQ conversion several years
ago. He also was the one who had seen the Evans fail in the AAN motors.

I believe he is out of town at the moment. I called him up last week on
an unrelated matter, an he advised that he would be back in the
beginning of this week.

--
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros