Tired and frustrated with the glycol in oil leak..

[Excaliber]

Hmmmm, I never heard of this water less cooler compound. I'll do some research, sounds interesting. But I'm pretty much a straight water and Water Wetter kind of guy.

I HAVE noticed my cooling capacity is better with straight water than an antifreeze mix, say 50/50. There is no question in my mind there, straight water out performs any antifreeze mix (and it's track friendly if you loose some coolant on the race track). I really don't like the idea of running with folks on the track that use an antifreeze mix, I don't need to be slipping and sliding in their spill!

[undy]

Pure water having a heat rejection 1.0 places pure antifreeze at a .80 and the Evans stuff between a 0.75 and 0.70. This is all from memory so the numbers for antifreeze and the Evans coolant may be a tad different. I've heard some internet horror stories about the Evans stuff.

I'm with you, Chas and Ernie, sort of a water, 30% glycol and Water Wetter kinda guy.

[Bxx1]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

Hmmmm, I never heard of this water less cooler compound. I'll do some research, sounds interesting. But I'm pretty much a straight water and Water Wetter kind of guy.

I HAVE noticed my cooling capacity is better with straight water than an antifreeze mix, say 50/50. There is no question in my mind there, straight water out performs any antifreeze mix (and it's track friendly if you loose some coolant on the race track). I really don't like the idea of running with folks on the track that use an antifreeze mix, I don't need to be slipping and sliding in their spill!

I know that water has superior heat transfer ability than anti-freeze coolants. I just flushed my water and 1 bottle of water wetter for a 50% solution of green anti-freeze for the anti-corrosive ability. Car runs a bit hotter (now in the normal temp range). I just didnt trust that small bottle of water wetter to provide that kind of metal protection for my engine/radiator. I understand that for track work anti-freeze is prohibited.