Radiator additives

[timgray]

Just changed the Coolant in the 83 today and noticed at the car parts place a product called "water wetter" it makes water/antifreeze pull more heat out of the engine and dump it faster into the radiator.

 

http://www.redlineoil.com/products_coolant.asp

 

Anyone tried this stuff? does it actually work? They claim 30 degree temperature drops.

[painterman67]

haven't tried it in the bike yet, but i do run it in all of my other vehicles. It does work but I'm not sur eof 30 degree drop in temp.

 

 

 

David

[Eck]

I have it in my GW...........and it wont hurt your bike at all..

 

The stuff is supposed to make it run cooler.. dont know if mine actually does because it had it in it when I bought it..

I do not have any "before / after" heat ratings to compare too....

[MasterGuns]

I wasted my bucks and bought a bottle and added it per the directions. I didn't add it to my VR but rather added to it two of my autos that have temp guages and not idiot lights. If either ran cooler it was soon minimal it was not noticeable at all. IMHO this is just another gimmick to seperate you from your hard earned cash.

[dynodon]

I have lots of friends with race cars and temp gauges that are really good. Water Wetter does work. The gauge in almost any street car is incapable of showing a 10-20 degree (maybe 30 degree change in temperature, and in addition, modern cars are well controlled by thermostat and computer controlled fans.

 

My Chrysler 300 has an option where I can see the digital temp. Not sure if it is super accurate, but it seems to be, and even travelling in 100+ degree heat out west, the temp only varied by about 10 degrees max.

 

Where Water Wetter will help though is in engines that see extremes of temperatures, and motorcycle engines aren't controlled to the same degree as modern car engines.

 

This product doesn't cost much, has no real downside, and gives you a little extra "headroom" when the temps rise and you can't get a lot of air in the radiator, like in heavy traffic.

[gibvel]

I believe you get the most temperature drop using plain water. If I remember correctly, if you use it in normal coolant you only get a drop of around 10°. Couldn't find this info. the web page, I remember it from the back of the bottle.