water wetter

[DogBone51]

This might go against all reasoning on here, but what has worked really well for me on past bikes (I-4's) and those who I've recommended it to, is to simply run 50/50 premix with Water Wetter (20 cap fulls). I use to be a big proponent for Engine Ice, but this method I found cools quite well despite what the Water Wetter bottle says. Try it for your self and see. I have yet to flush the coolant in the RC, but I'll probably do it this weekend.

[BC999S]

This is unheard of. I'm in utter amazement.

A number of different opinions and no one is threatening any else's physical well-being or questioned the historical lineage of someone's mother!

[Redstar]

Originally Posted by robfromsc

thats cool, but i had the motor turn open and its clean. i dont doubt what you say, but the fluids cycled out often, and i always flush with 2-3gallons of distilled. thanks for the heads up.

Ya as long as you flush your fine, what those bikes were in there for was because they never flushed out their systems, ever. Then they came in saying there was a problem. Im just tryin to point out that if you do run water wetter flush it occasionaly and run regular coolant to help whats inside get the proper lubrification it needs, in your case since you've done it your fine but thats just a heads up for those members that have ran this stuff and never flushed.

[robfromsc]

Cool! Thanks Redstar. Guess I've been lucky? But I'm always doing something that requires removing a hose or the radiator on one of the bikes, so I just flush it while I'm there.

But that's a good heads up!






How ya'll like the kinder, gentler zilla?

[ZeroGara]

We are just being scientific I guess, and without all the scientific facts nobody is sticking their head out. There are claims to the science of the WW invention but it is an industrial secret. Concensus around the net says it helps. Some say it hurts, and some it does nothing. The boiling points claimed by the manufacturer sure are higher than antifreeze and muh higher than any water, but those are already too high. Who needs antifreeze on a bike anyway, coolant and something that doesn't boil easy yes.

My scientific question that I have found no answer yet is why wouldn't mercury be a good coolant. It sure doesn't boil easy, it can hold and transfer heat faster than water. It would expand beyond the practical use on a bike. It is toxic to leak. It is heavy, it is expensive, and it is harder to circulate. But in a laboratory, would it be an efficient coolant?

Originally Posted by BC999S

This is unheard of. I'm in utter amazement.
A number of different opinions and no one is threatening any else's physical well-being or questioned the historical lineage of someone's mother!

[Waldo]

Originally Posted by ZeroGara

My scientific question that I have found no answer yet is why wouldn't mercury be a good coolant. It sure doesn't boil easy, it can hold and transfer heat faster than water. It would expand beyond the practical use on a bike. It is toxic to leak. It is heavy, it is expensive, and it is harder to circulate. But in a laboratory, would it be an efficient coolant?

The Russians built a couple sub with mercury as a coolant for the reactor. Most are on the bottom now. Cooling was not the problem but keeping the mercury in the lines was.