Date:         Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:00:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: About coolant
In-Reply-To:  <6A253891-E21D-445A-A49C-9AEF6A753188@kippert.com>
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I didn't read the "Test results" but my racecar used water and water-wetter
only.  In competition situations or on courses you may share with other
vehicles, anti-freeze is a "No-No" because it is very slippery.  If Mike's
son is a 'rock crawler' who tries oft-used terrain challenges, spilling
antifreeze on the routes would be frowned upon.  One fellow forgot and had
some antifreeze mix in his 944 street/race car, spilling some on Portland
Int. raceway during an event...caused lots of mahem.  Expensive  crashes but
nobody died.
  Now on the other side, I forgot to drain my racecar one fall and ruined an
engine...a $20k mistake because it was out of sight sitting in it's
car-hauler trailer...
  I also run water wetter in my big KTM when running in Baja in the deep
sand, it does run much cooler..No science other than my own eyeballs and a
bunch of years trying it both ways with the bikes and the cars.
  Don Hanson

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Mark A Kippert <vanagon@kippert.com> wrote:

> I run distilled water and Water Wetter in my dirt bikes. My YZ400 was
> especially prone to overheating until I switched to this mix. When off-
> roading there's limited air flow (moving slow thru the woods) combined
> with pushing your engine harder which makes for more heat. I also
> added a lubricant to protect against water pump damage and corrosion.
>
> This being said, I wouldn't run this mix in my Vanagon or any other
> street vehicle (bike or car) as the 50/50 mix is more than adequate.
>
> Mark K
> 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 12, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>
>> Does distilled water (plus wetting agent and other undefined
>> additives)
>> help an engine stay cooler on hot days than water+antifreeze?
>>
>>