I've used Water Wetter, and my experience is that you are correct. It did
virtually nothing. Some people swear by it, but I saw no change. The
best change I've seen so far has been using the proper thermostat with a
bypass blockoff - but I haven't used that in the summer yet.
FYI, though, water wetter is a surface tension breaker. But you should be
able to do the same thing with one drop of dishwashing detergent.
Phil Bates
'58 MGA
'67 MGB
> Somewhere I read of a test of Water Wetter - It said it did nothing to
> help. My school chemistry is a bit vague but I would like someone to
> explain why it works - I sort of wonder if it is in the same class as
the
> "magnetic fuel saver" thingy that "disperses" hydrocarbon clusters as
> advertised on the JC Whitney catalog (disperses? - yes, right!). The
only
> thing that I can think of is that it reduces the surface tension but
such
> action would give only minute benefit! And advertising means nothings
> either - just look at the STP stuff with endorsements all over the
place -
> and it does nothing apparently.
>
> One thing I can remember is that anything dissolved in water will
increase
> the boiling point of the water. I believe this also applies to colloids
> but not sure if it is to the same degree
>
> At 11:26 AM 4/25/2003 -0500, Barney Gaylord wrote:
> >At 07:33 AM 4/25/03 -0500, Paul Root wrote:
> > >....
> > >You might want to think of some Water Wetter, or running a weaker mix
of
> > >anti-freeze. As we've discussed before on this list, anti-freeze
actually
> > >lowers the boiling point of water. It's the rust inhibitors you want
most.
> >
> >Sorry, but someone needs to correct that statement pronto. Mixing
> >permanent antifreeze into water actually increases the boiling point of
the
> >coolant.
> >
> >It does however decrease the specific heat of the fluid, meaning that it
> >will carry less heat energy for a given temperature rise. This means
that
> >the coolant temperature may have to run a little higher to carry away
> >enough heat to keep the engine cool if the cooling system is marginal
and
> >cannot handle the heat flow within the thermostat temperature limit.
> >
> >Barney Gaylord
> >1958 MGA with an attitude
> >http://MGAguru.com
>
> Regards
> Barrie
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