Oil makes for an extremely poor coolant. Once hot it holds the heat. Oil
makes for a better insulator. Oil will also destroy the hoses and of course
our waterboxer head gaskets.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Austin
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 5:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: From Jay Leno's Garage

What about just running a very light 0, 5 ? weight mineral or motor oil or
transmission fluid ???

--- On Thu, 4/5/12, Todd Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

From: Todd Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 1:16 PM

    I am really curious what running the evans coolant would do. Here is
    their response when I asked about the cooling capacity of the
    coolant vs. water:

    "water will better dissipate heat. That's a given, but the thing
    about even a 50/50 mix, water will still create vapor barriers in
    the motor due to the internal metal temps. Our coolant does not
    allow the coolant to turn to steam pockets like water does. Ours
    stays a liquid and pulls much more heat from internal metals, which
    in turn, lowers internal temps. Our coolant does not generate
    pressure as well. The only thing generating pressure in the system
    is the water pump. So there is no wear on gaskets or seals as well
    as the hoses are not subjected to the high pressure either. "