Redline Water Wetter
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Well 8 months later and found brown sludge in my coolant reservoir. I hope it's not oil but it looks like the brown residue most ppl with redline experience.
Question, should I go with 50/50 mix or 25/75 split. I live in Florida where it seldom freezes and mostly autox this car. I did have a overheating experience this past weekend after consecutive runs.
Question, should I go with 50/50 mix or 25/75 split. I live in Florida where it seldom freezes and mostly autox this car. I did have a overheating experience this past weekend after consecutive runs.
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Not good to run 100% water. Necessary lubricants for the water pump shaft seal are present in both antifreeze/coolant and Water Wetter. Both products also lower the surface tension of water which increases the resistance to nucleate boiling in the hot spots. And finally both contain anti-corrosion agents.
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You are wasting money using the stuff on any car that has a functioning thermostat, radiator, and fan. I you add that stuff the logged temps will be the same because the ecu controls the temp window of operation. If your car is overheating then something real neads fixing
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I used the proper mix ratio for water wetter in my R6..no build up of brown stuff. I saw a 4 deg. temp diff on a 100 deg. day between my bike and another r6. I should say his on straight antifreez water mix. It was in stop and go traffic during a slow ride.
Motul also has a coolant additive which I used in my evo with no strange buildup.
Motul also has a coolant additive which I used in my evo with no strange buildup.
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Not good to run 100% water. Necessary lubricants for the water pump shaft seal are present in both antifreeze/coolant and Water Wetter. Both products also lower the surface tension of water which increases the resistance to nucleate boiling in the hot spots. And finally both contain anti-corrosion agents.
I will start looking other options now though, especially during the winter season.
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You are wasting money using the stuff on any car that has a functioning thermostat, radiator, and fan. I you add that stuff the logged temps will be the same because the ecu controls the temp window of operation. If your car is overheating then something real neads fixing
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Mfred, so I could hear some bubbling when I stopped my car could that be due to me running a high concentration of water to coolant (30/70) and not doing a cool down lap? Either way I'm flushing my coolant out today brown build up stresses me out. This happened on my last car when I ran water wetter too.