Coolant additives

[Scp-steve]

Any one using or favor one over another coolant additive like purple ice
Or something similar. I have a rousch blown gt and thought adding this to the reservoir for the intercooler

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[Scp-steve]

I have heard water wetter might be better to use than purple ice also

 

[FIVE_LITER]

I use water wetter. Seems to work just fine.

 

[4to8]

I use water wetter as well

 

[estebanvdt]

is there a noticeable difference in temp?

 

[Barney 5.0]

Subbing

 

[Scp-steve]

Well I added a bottle of water wetter to the tank
So I guess I'll know soon
I also added it to my coolant tank.

If it works good. If not I'm not out much

 

[Scp-steve]

Seems to work somewhat
My measured temps appear to be lowered by 6 degrees. Not much but not bad either

 

[Jay159866]

Water Wetter works great but I wouldn't run it all the time. My friend ran water wetter with distilled water at the track and coolant/water wetter in an 08 GT500 for 25K miles and it failed the water pump (ate up the fins).
I would run it for a track night then change out the coolant in the days soon after.

 

[Scp-steve]

Gotcha

 

[EFI]

My friend ran water wetter with distilled water at the track and coolant/water wetter in an 08 GT500 for 25K miles and it failed the water pump (ate up the fins).
I would run it for a track night then change out the coolant in the days soon after.

What part of the water pump failure made you think that it was the distilled water/water wetter which caused it?

Reason I ask is because tons of people, both that I know personally and those I hear of online, that run this stuff all the time and have never had any issues with either rusting or mechanical failure (myself included). Makes me thing that it wasn't the coolant mixture's fault for your failure.

 

[Jay159866]

What part of the water pump failure made you think that it was the distilled water/water wetter which caused it?

Reason I ask is because tons of people, both that I know personally and those I hear of online, that run this stuff all the time and have never had any issues with either rusting or mechanical failure (myself included). Makes me thing that it wasn't the coolant mixture's fault for your failure.

We are thinking it's from the water wetter because that's all he used in it when racing other than 50/50 mixed coolant when it sat in the shop. When we took apart the engine (it blew a head gasket), the fins on the water pump were pitted.

I'm not saying this will happen every time but its a possibility. I'd run water wetter if I ever needed it, for sure.

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