What Coolant To Use

[MaTTe]

unless you live somewhere that the water is likely to freeze overnight, you don't need 'coolant'

'coolant' contains glycol which is the worlds best antifreeze, this will not keep your car cool.

redline water wetter is the best thing you can put into your cooling system. get the 15L goonbag of distilled water from coventrys (or get 2 to completely flush your cooling system) they cost about $5, water wetter is about $30

water wetter has all the rust and corrosion inhibitors that 'coolant' has and complies with all manufacturers standards..

If you live somewhere that the water is likely to freeze overnight (rare in oz) then by all means add some glycol, no more than 50%

Drop the water out of your cooling system, refill with distilled water, get the car hot (until the fans come on) then drop the water out again. Repeat once or twice, then add water and water wetter. You'll notice the difference.

[Gazza]

How many litres does the radiator hold and how much should you put in of each?.

Edited 24/01/11 10:03 PM by RHR
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[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

I used water wetter too, sits around 89-92 degrees unless stuck in traffic.

[Fordpower1]

Redline Water Wetter stays real cool with that sh*t

[turbotrana]

Water wetter is not that great. I did some testing of my own. It only helps reducing temps around 1 to 2 degrees from my testing Dont know how well it will protect your engine corrossion.

[Boosted_BF]

unless you live somewhere that the water is likely to freeze overnight, you don't need 'coolant'

'coolant' contains glycol which is the worlds best antifreeze, this will not keep your car cool.

redline water wetter is the best thing you can put into your cooling system. get the 15L goonbag of distilled water from coventrys (or get 2 to completely flush your cooling system) they cost about $5, water wetter is about $30

water wetter has all the rust and corrosion inhibitors that 'coolant' has and complies with all manufacturers standards..

If you live somewhere that the water is likely to freeze overnight (rare in oz) then by all means add some glycol, no more than 50%

Drop the water out of your cooling system, refill with distilled water, get the car hot (until the fans come on) then drop the water out again. Repeat once or twice, then add water and water wetter. You'll notice the difference.

Do not do the above if you have any respect for your vehicle!

ethylene glycol serves 2 purposes, number one, it absorbs oxygen from water - helping prevent corsion, number two, it acts as any anti freeze agent (anywhere in victoria can go below 0 in mid winter, so anti freeze should always be used)

redline water wetter isent all its claimed to be, through personal testing on the strip, road and circuit - gains are minimal if any

and as for "get the car up to temp, Drop the water out of your cooling system and refill" - big no no, suden change between 100degree water when the fans cut in and your distilled water/coolant at 30 odd degrees can do fantastic things for warping a head or causing a head gasket failure!

Best coolant in the buisness is toyota genuine, after stripping two 500,000km+ 80 series land cruiser engines and a 340,000km 1mz all alloy camry engine we've be running on the stuff there entire life to find the block and head in imaculate condion internaly sold me (all cars still had the genuine radiators too!)