Does anyone use water wetter?
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No, and I haven't heard much talk about it around here in the past 5 years.
About 10 years ago, some of my off-roading friends used it in their trucks that had overheating problems.
I generally consider most additive products to be generally unnecessary.
About 10 years ago, some of my off-roading friends used it in their trucks that had overheating problems.
I generally consider most additive products to be generally unnecessary.
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Yeah...mine was a '92 5.0 GT running almost 600HP...it actually made my overheating problems worse.
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Water Wetter is not intended to reduce your overall coolant temperature, although in some cases, it may. But in cases where your cooling system is already marginal for the amount of horsepower you're making, using it can actually cause the bulk coolant temperature to go *up*.
What it's designed to do is reduce "hot spots" inside the cylinder head cooling passages where steam pockets have formed, preventing the transfer of heat from the cylinder head to the coolant flowing through the passages.
I've never needed it on a street-driven car, but I know that there are some race tracks that don't allow conventional coolant in the cars, so in those cases, distilled water + Water Wetter is a good option.
What it's designed to do is reduce "hot spots" inside the cylinder head cooling passages where steam pockets have formed, preventing the transfer of heat from the cylinder head to the coolant flowing through the passages.
I've never needed it on a street-driven car, but I know that there are some race tracks that don't allow conventional coolant in the cars, so in those cases, distilled water + Water Wetter is a good option.
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Scott is exactly correct...using it on the street is probably a waste of time, but I use it on my race car, and as a test, we kept my teammate's Mini in it's stock configuration. When we came into the pits, his fan immediately went on and stayed on for about 10 minutes....mine never came on, which I thought might be a fault, but wasn't....the underhood bulk temperature was lower.
Also, we change fluids so often relative to a street car that the issues noted by others are nonexistant.
WaterWetter actually is used by some drag racers, as they cannot use glycol-based fluids at the track...the few guys I know swear by it.
Stephen.
Also, we change fluids so often relative to a street car that the issues noted by others are nonexistant.
WaterWetter actually is used by some drag racers, as they cannot use glycol-based fluids at the track...the few guys I know swear by it.
Stephen.
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