And that was soon much cheaper!

Jim

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> That was a cheap joke Jim. I thought you'd know better than picking the
> low hanging fruit.
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> On Jul 12, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No wonder you get that little rainbow glimmer off the surface.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Soaps are surfactants, but not all surfactants are soaps.
>>
>> But they act like soaps, being amphiphilic. They swing both ways Jim, one
>> end of the molecule is hydrophobic, the other end is hydrophilic.
>>
>> Doubles their chances for a date on Saturday night.
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jul 12, 2015, at 6:47 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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
>> >>
>>
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