[Healeys] Antifreeze

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Wed Jun 12 12:19:46 MDT 2013


Hear, hear!!
If proper coolant cannot do the job there is something amiss and 
remedial action is required.
Forget water wetter, it is rubbish, waterless coolant, idem,  and the 
likes. Use coolant with organic anti-corrosion dopes, the green stuff.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Op 12-6-2013 20:07, Derek Job schreef:
> I can't really see the point of water wetter. All it will do is temporarily
> mask underlying problems that you would otherwise become aware of.
>
> Derek
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Steve B. Gerow <steveg at abrazosdata.com>wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>> You must be changing your coolant often enough for the pH to not get too
>> low.
>>
>> I experienced more corrosion in the last couple of years with water wetter
>> and purified water compared to the previous 8 years with coolant/purified
>> water which was essentially nil. There were enough flakes of rust clogging
>> the radiator tubes to make the car run noticeably hotter.
>>
>> While the rad was out for service, I did a back flush of the block with
>> water in through the lower water pump hose attachment and put a woman's
>> stocking on the upper hose fitting as a filter. 2 or 3 tablespoons of crud
>> showed up in the stocking along with some more rust bits.
>>
>> There's a lot of info online in various hotrod forums on how water wetter
>> is no longer being developed; it can result in a peanut-butter-like goo in
>> the coolant; the chemist who developed it no longer works for Redline, etc.
>>
>> These same folks prefer Royal Purple Ice instead of water wetter because
>> it is evidently a more modern formulation. I was all set to add that to my
>> coolant except it would have required 2 bottles at $15 each so I said the
>> hell with that and just went to the coolant/tap water mix with an
>> Australian Tefba coolant filter for good measure.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> Chris Dimmock wrote:


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