Date:         Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:57:44 -0700
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Redline Water Wetter (was: Temperature guage}
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I tested water wetter on our jeep cherokee 4.0 litre
I used a nice digital temperature gun (the kind you
point at a manifold to get its temperature)
Took average temperatures before and after adding
wetter. I could not detect even the slightest
difference. My temperature gauge on the dash was the
same also.

Phil 84' westy
"millenium Falcon"








--- CHRIS STANN <cstann3@HOME.COM> wrote:
> If Water Wetter increases water's thermal
> conductivity, wouldn't it also
> mean that on the return from the radiator the temps
> would actually be lower?
> It would make the radiator more efficient.  I guess
> the way to prove it
> would be to have two water temp sensors.
>
> Chris.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gary Stearns <gstearns@OPTONLINE.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 7:08 AM
> Subject: Re: Redline Water Wetter (was: Temperature
> guage}
>
>
> > I use WaterWetter in a Jetta GLi that has high
> compression, a chip that
> has
> > advanced the timing curve,  and a knock sensor.
> In this engine the stuff
> is
> > wonderful.  The less knock the sensor sees, the
> less it backs off on
> timing
> > and the more power the engine makes.  I don't
> think that it would be as
> > dramatic in a WBX.  My understanding of how it
> works is that it raises
> > "thermal conductivity" meaning the coolant can
> carry more heat, and it
> > raises the localized boiling point (at the hottest
> places in the cylinder
> > head).  Without it, the hot spots cover themselves
> with a layer of vapor.
> > This keeps the coolant from getting to where it's
> needed most, and allows
> > the hot spot to get hotter. In performance
> engines, this means knock.
> Some
> > say that if WaterWetter is doing it's job in
> knocking down these hot
> spots,
> > the coolant temp will actually go UP, as it's now
> transferring more heat
> to
> > the radiator.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Alofs" <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 8:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: Temperature guage
> >
> >
> > > Timothy Hannink wrote:
> > >
> > > > My gauge acts the same way and has since I
> added RedLine WaterWetter
> > >
> > >
>                   What
> is
> > this
> > > stuff? ^
> > > What is it for?   How does it work??
> > >
> > > Larry A.
> > >
> >

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