So, by surfactant, do you (or the manufacturer) mean "soap?" Would that do
the same thing?

Jim

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Basically "water Wetter" is a surfactant. Its magic is reducing the
> surface tension of the coolant so that it stays in contact with those hot
> surfaces that are much hotter than the bulk coolant temperature. It also
> reduces the micro boiling-vaporization that can cause all sorts of erosion
> damage. This can be especially beneficial in our sleeved cylinder engines.
> We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is very
> common on the head studs.
>
> As for effecting the sensors and the like the thermostat is still going to
> wait until the coolant gets hot enough for it to open. If anything the
> improved surface contact and better heat transfer may actually make the
> gauge reading higher when the coolant is saturated with heat.
>
> Most modern coolants and anything designed for heavy duty diesels has this
> covered. The largest benefit is for the racing crowd running straight water.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dan N
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 2:22 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Water Wetter questions...
>
> hi all,
>
> I plan to add a bottle or 2 of Water Wetter to my van..
>
> according to what I know (from the web)... Water Wetter helps to better
> dissipate heat in the cooling system...
>
> but... the question is...
>
> would Water Wetter (or any similar product) affect the Temp2 sensor
> reading on our vanagon...
>
> would our vanagon run richer or differently because it may run cooler?
>
> could you please give some thoughts about using this product?
>
> thanks
>
> dan
>