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RE: Hot weather overheating

To: <mgs@autox.team.net>, "'Larry Daniels'" <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: RE: Hot weather overheating
From: "Marc Siegel" <smarc@abs.net>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 17:09:53 -0400
I don't know about water wetter (what is it anyway, a surfactant like a mild
soap?) but it's my understanding that plain water is highly corrosive.
Doesn't seem like a good idea for an engine that you're not planning to
rebuild soon...

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Marc Siegel

> 
> Has anyone tried using "Water Wetter"?  Years ago, when I was racing a
> Formula 440, many of us used it with decent results.  I saw a 10 to 15
> degree drop in my far-from-perfect laboratory conditions.  I used a very
> high pressure Stant cap and ran straight water rather than a
> water/anti-freeze mix. Pure water transfers heat out faster than the mix
> will, but the mix gives a higher boiling point.
> 
> I have not had occasion to use this in an MGB.  Has anybody else?





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