Re: RedLine Water Wetter Question

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Peter Biernacki say:

> Does anyone have any real world experience using RedLine's Water Wetter
> product in a car that's used as a daily driver (NOT a race car)?
> According to the product's literature adding Water Wetter to a mixture of
> 50%/50% antifreeze & water will result in temperature reduction of about 8
> degrees F.  The really big temperature reductions seem to occur using
> Water Wetting with straight water and no antifreeze.  However this is not
> recommended by RedLine for a daily driver car, and they suggest using
> 15-20% antifreeze and 80-85% water with Water Wetter.  Since no car
> manufacturer I have ever heard of has ever recommended anything less than
> 50%/50% antifreeze & water mix, I am curious if anyone has ever gone the
> RedLine route?

I used it 2 years ago in my 100Q that was starting to run hotter
than I wanted due to an old radiator and a new commute that involved
a lot of stop'n'go driving for the last 4 miles.

Did it reduce temperatures? Not that I could really see.

Did it hurt anything? See above.

Did I use the rest when I got the new radiator? No.

I used it with a slightly "waterier" mix, maybe not 80/20, but
more water than 50/50.

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