Autocorrect cancel: sooooo much cheaper...

Jim

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> And that was soon much cheaper! > > Jim > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> That was a cheap joke Jim. I thought you'd know better than picking the >> low hanging fruit. >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >> On Jul 12, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> No wonder you get that little rainbow glimmer off the surface. >> >> Jim >> >> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> Soaps are surfactants, but not all surfactants are soaps. >>> >>> But they act like soaps, being amphiphilic. They swing both ways Jim, >>> one end of the molecule is hydrophobic, the other end is hydrophilic. >>> >>> Doubles their chances for a date on Saturday night. >>> >>> Alistair >>> >>> >>> >>> > On Jul 12, 2015, at 6:47 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> > >>> > So, by surfactant, do you (or the manufacturer) mean "soap?" Would >>> that do >>> > the same thing? >>> > >>> > Jim >>> > >>> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Dennis Haynes < >>> d23haynes57@hotmail.com> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> Basically "water Wetter" is a surfactant. Its magic is reducing the >>> >> surface tension of the coolant so that it stays in contact with those >>> hot >>> >> surfaces that are much hotter than the bulk coolant temperature. It >>> also >>> >> reduces the micro boiling-vaporization that can cause all sorts of >>> erosion >>> >> damage. This can be especially beneficial in our sleeved cylinder >>> engines. >>> >> We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is >>> very >>> >> common on the head studs. >>> >> >>> >> As for effecting the sensors and the like the thermostat is still >>> going to >>> >> wait until the coolant gets hot enough for it to open. If anything the >>> >> improved surface contact and better heat transfer may actually make >>> the >>> >> gauge reading higher when the coolant is saturated with heat. >>> >> >>> >> Most modern coolants and anything designed for heavy duty diesels has >>> this >>> >> covered. The largest benefit is for the racing crowd running straight >>> water. >>> >> >>> >> Dennis >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -----Original Message----- >>> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On >>> Behalf >>> >> Of Dan N >>> >> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 2:22 PM >>> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> >> Subject: Water Wetter questions... >>> >> >>> >> hi all, >>> >> >>> >> I plan to add a bottle or 2 of Water Wetter to my van.. >>> >> >>> >> according to what I know (from the web)... Water Wetter helps to >>> better >>> >> dissipate heat in the cooling system... >>> >> >>> >> but... the question is... >>> >> >>> >> would Water Wetter (or any similar product) affect the Temp2 sensor >>> >> reading on our vanagon... >>> >> >>> >> would our vanagon run richer or differently because it may run cooler? >>> >> >>> >> could you please give some thoughts about using this product? >>> >> >>> >> thanks >>> >> >>> >> dan >>> >> >>> >> >> >