[Vwdiesel] More Quantum questions?

[Roger Brown]

Terry Briggs wrote:
> one thing that can assist with cooling is adding the proper amount of 
> water wetter to the coolant. I've used it for years in the atv's and in 
> my current KLR 650 motorcycle that I ride out in the deserts of Moab, 
> Utah every year where going slow is a given and high engine temps not 
> taken lightly. I use it in my jetta. One thing, don't believe the hype 
> of anything that says it can lower the engine temp. All the water 
> wetter or engine ice stuff is break the surface tension in the block 
> letting the coolant have a better thermal transfer. The stuff does work 
> very well.

I use the Water Wetter as well.  I think the lower temps only apply to use in an engine 
without a thermostat and also one that is probably running flat out, like a race car 
engine.  There, with better heat transfer you would likely see a lower coolant temp.  But 
in a thermostat controlled engine, assuming the t-stat is doing it's job, then the engine 
will run at the t-stat temperature.

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   Roger