And all that is true, but if you put pure water in your cooling system
in a temperate climate, your engine will not last a year.

What's in a lake? Water. What's in a river? Water.

I agree that the original comment was hyperbole, but "water" is not a
scientific term. It's a common sense term. People were using it long
before Lavoisiere thunk up oxygen.

On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:33 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> <mcneely4@cox.net>
wrote:

> Well guess what -- water cooled means that, literally, though there
> are other things going on.  It is the heat capacity of water (and in
> modern engines the other chemicals in the coolant) that cools the
> engine. Heat is transferred from the engine into the water, which
> transports that heat to the radiator, where the heat is then
> transferred to the air.   Hmmmmmmm ............ .  DMc
>
> ---- Mark Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET> wrote:
>> Let us hope that no one on the list takes "water cooled" this
>> literally.
>>
>>
>> On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:09 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> <mcneely4@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is silly.  The subject was water.  The claim was made about
>>> water.  Give it up.  DMc
>>
>
> --
> David McNeely