Is it worth draining the blower cooling system to run water and water wetter or just leave coolant? I heard you normally don't want to add water wtter or purple ice to coolant. What's the reason for that?
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I did.
Did you do one bottle in IC Resavoir and one in radiator?
Water Wetter is compatible with all coolant mixtures. I run one in the ENGINE coolant (50/50 green). i run 50/50 green mix through the heat exchanger. I wouldn't recommend running JUST water wetter and water w/out antifreeze. not for a DD anyways. The antifreeze lubricates your coolant system and keeps it from freezing
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okay, thanks for the info!
To much ww in the i/c h/e system will result in foam.Been there,done that.
Perhaps I will leave it out of the i/c...
can you keep coolant with water wetter in the tank during hte winter as well or do you have to drain it even though its mixed with say a 50/50 coolant water mix?
I would always leave a good mixture of water and antifreeze in your coolant system. antifreeze lubes the water pump and coolant system and the water is what transfers the heat out of your engine. water wetter helps the heat transfer of the water. If you run a 50/50 mix with a bottle of water wetter you are good for year 'round cooling.
Happend to me as well. I just drained most of it from the resevoir. Just disconnected the line, left whatever was left in the H/E and refilled with 50/50. I didnt trust it anymore so I just poured 50/50 in the radiator system as well.
A higher ratio of coolant will make the motor run hotter, in the Radiator I do a 75% Distilled 25% coolant mix with water wetter in Florida!
and I've NEVER heard of a single bottle of Water Wetter mixed in the entire cooling system causing foaming etc??
and I've NEVER heard of a single bottle of Water Wetter mixed in the entire cooling system causing foaming etc??
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I run 60% Watter Wetter and 40% Water in the IC reservoir around this time of the year. I also throw Ice blocks in it too. Don't get it too full though or it will leak. Once the car gets hot enough all the liquid will raise and start to leak.
For the Winter, I will drain it and add anti freeze.
For the Winter, I will drain it and add anti freeze.
This is how water wetter works. Normal boiling point for water is 212 f. Water wetter is designed to raise the boiling point of water to 230 f. This will allow more water to come in contact with the metal instead of forming steam which makes the water have less contact. With a greater boiling point and better (more) contact it results with lower temps. It also has lubricant in it. I would run distilled water and water wetter. Remember if you live in colder weather add the coolant to both the ic and radiator, nothing worse than cracked parts.
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Distilled water and Water Wetter here. No problems and runs slightly cooler than the 50/50 I used to run.
Anyone else throw in Ice chips or just ice with it?
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Ice here also at the track with water and water wetter. I just use bagged ice as much as I need it to keep the res full and car cool, then swap it back out for distilled and water wetter again when I get home.
That's exactly what I do!
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