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10-14-2010, 03:18 PM | #1 |
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Redline Water Wetter is Safe for Round motors
I read an informational thread and just had to answer this part:
I do take exception with: Q: Can i lower my coolant temps with additives? A: A few small studies have shown that Redline Water Wetter, and the like, are corrosive to coolant seals and are advised against. Redline being the worst. Its recommend to aviod their use and if you do, flush it out as soon as possible. (provided by TitaniumTT) Do know know which scientific studies you have access to. I have been using Redline Water Wetter since it was introduced back in the 80's. Use it in all client vehicles, race vehicles (from IT stock motors to full Bridge GT motors), Generators, AC, with no problems that could be related in anyway to water wetter. When it was first introduced it did not have the protection for aluminum, and they recommended that some, at least 5% glycol be used in motors that contained aluminum parts. The product has contained aluminum protection for well over 20 years. Redline worked with Mazda to formulate chemical products that are safe to use in the Mazda rotary. Unfortunately they still could not come up with a synthetic that could be used in meter system vehicles. I continue to use it and recommend that any vehicle that is exposed to or will be used in extreme conditions use it. Also recommend that the more extreme means to change oil and coolant more often. I change the coolant in my clients vehicles every 3 years or 30K miles, max, as per Mazda service schedule. My experience is that most coolant related failures were due to either tap water, lack of service, incorrect mixtures, repairs or odd ball chemicals introduced. These generally lead to inevitable overheating. A couple were related to "improved cooling" modifications incorrectly done to housings. Tap water failures were actual housing failure due to corrosion. Last edited by rx4ur7; 10-14-2010 at 05:18 PM.. |