B16a coolant capacity...

I recently converted to all water cooling, I heard that water wetter is a good product but I'm unsure about adding something to my flawlessly functioning cooling system.

When would running watter wetter be a good idea? when the fan isnt enough? to keep it down before it needs to run the fan?

Also// roughly, what is the capacity of the cooling system with a stockish radiator?
I need to get distiled water for the system and would like to properly measure the mixture for realiability purposes.

 

I would not put distilled water in your system without water wetter or somthing like it. Distilled water will just eat away at the metal..

 

Dr. Z speaks the truth.

Distilled (somewhat) or (especially) deionised water is very agressive and will eat away most metals even 316 stainless steel.

You must add water wetter or some other type of surface tension reducer to the system. It will improve your cooling efficiency and the longevity of your system.

 

Please state your logic... does hot water eat aluminum? I didn't know this.
and if this is true wouldn't water be less harmful than coolant especially since they designed the engines to run coolant.

Would you say that water is more harmfl than coolant to my system?

 

Coolant and Water Wetter have anti-corrosion goodness.

Water Wetter is a surfactant, decreases the water tension and reduces the bubbles that form along the edges of the cylinder. That's why its better than water.

 

If this isnt enough to convince you that you would ruin your "flawless cooling system" then get ready to start replacing parts.
Read the white paper on water wetter. See link below.
10.00 for a little piece of mind is better than replacing parts.

http://www.redlineoil.com/whitePaper/17.pdf




Modified by dirty19 at 7:45 PM 3/13/2008

 

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Is it best to run regular water and water wetter, or distilled water and water wetter?

 

From the white papers...

The anti-scaling ingredients
in Red Line WaterWetter® allow its use with
ordinary tap water. However, using with distilled or
deionized water will accomplish some scale removal
in the cylinder head area.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by myslocrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dr. Z speaks the truth.

Distilled (somewhat) or (especially) deionised water is very agressive and will eat away most metals even 316 stainless steel.

You must add water wetter or some other type of surface tension reducer to the system. It will improve your cooling efficiency and the longevity of your system.</TD></TR></TABLE>


any time it comes to chemicals or anything that has to do with chemistry this guy speaks nothing but the truth.


**** i bet your hair and skin thank him!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

out of curiousity... i flushed my coolant system yesterday. i did a mixture of coolant and distilled water (50-50) myself.

is the distilled water ok in this case since its mixed with coolant?

 

let me explain the deionised thing in a bit more detail.
normal water has plenty of ions in it. (things that cause scale build up (lime))

when you deionise water...you are removing almost all ions from the water essentially creating pure H2O.
Now is where I will blow your mind a bit.....just like acid or base will eat away at most things...so will this deionised water...it will take ions away from its surroundings and keep them in solution...now it will not eat away as fast as acid or base will but it will eventually....
we have three water heaters here at my work that are used for deionised water only, in 3 years we have rusted out all of them, and now have to replace...we are replacing with 316 stainless lined heaters and due to the deionised water usage we will get no warranty on them...

as far as the scale issue goes...I prefer using deionised water plus water wetter in my coolant system to avoid the scale buildup in the radiator and around the block as well.
If any body wants a gallon of deionised water just hit me up at the track I usually have 3 to 4 with me...