

| Subject: | Re: Redline Water Wetter (was: Temperature guage} |
| From: | phil stanhope |
| Date: | Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:57:44 -0700 |
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. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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