Can one of you great balls of CL-S knowledge inform an ignorant soul like myself as to the best implementation of Water Wetter? After some minor searching, I read that someone mentioned adding some distilled water to the coolant mixture. Anyone care to add / elaborate on this? I currently have what Acura put in after my coolant flush -- which I assume is 50/50.
Thanks,
Nutz

 

Acura/Honda uses a 50/50 premix. You should be able to just add the water wetter plus the 50/50, leaving room for the water wetter of course.

 

I did 60 water 40 coolant then the water wetter. Water wetter recomends more water then coolant. I did the same to my Explorer.

 

85/15

 

I saw that WW recommended *at least* 15% coolant on the bottle -- and I'd think that living in Texas would allow me to do close to the same.

Thanks for the info.

 

. . . but then you are in Florida

Those living in colder climates will need to make sure they are fully protected . . and will need to adjust the ratio accordingly.

Ruf

 

Hey Ruf, are you doing 50/50 + WW?

 

after going 50/50 without water wetter, did you notice a lower temp or the fan running less when you switched the mixture?

 

You are suppose to use the Honda Premix.... no need to dilute with water.

What you were reading was adding distilled water to the INTERCOOLER system...the intercooler system is seperate.. and unless you have a supercharger/turbo you prolly will not have an intercooler installed.

 

Can't really say since I did the Mugen coloing mods at the same time. After all that I saw a decrease in temp.

 

Thanks for clearing that up, Smitty.

 

No, I went with the Neo antifreeze which already has some similar in it . . . imagine . . me . . . white male living in Texas . . . going with an environmentally friendly product . . . I should be a tree hugger in California or something . . . :P

http://www.neosyntheticoil.com/coolant.htm

Ruf

 

^^
Don't tell anyone down here. They'll banish you to Canada.

 

The horror of a fellow Texan caring about the environment. By the way, where did you pick this stuff up?

 

I picked it up from a distributor called Baker. Here's their link.

http://bakerprecision.com/contents.htm

So, are you interested in it because of the potential benefits or environmentally friendly . . . or both :P

Ruf

 

josh from unichip told me that a drop pf dish soap will work the same as watter wetter

 

Hey Darrin, I was at PepBoys this morning, and I searched everywhere for "DishSoap" coolant additive. The employees had never heard of it. Who makes it, and where can I buy some?

 

Ruf

 

dish soap, its used to wash dishes

 

^^ Easy tiger!

 

Was he serious about the dish soap??

 

i think he may be. dish soap will break the surface tension of water. maybe some of the physics guys can elaborate on the benefits of it.