I'd especially like to know what the fast guys are setup with. Do you incorporate Water Wetter too. Is it worth the work. I used WW in my 00 and want to maybe go with a different mix in my 01.

 

Eric_red,
Steam distilled water is just regular water that has been boiled to remove the heavy minerals. They sell it at the grocery store.

It is not a dangerous and powerfull cleaning agent.
I am pretty sure you have confused it with some other product.
It is just really clean water that contains no minerals or electrolites.

 

baster works great for this job--also works for emptying power steering reservoir to install synthetic(redline) fluid. be sure that baster is clean before using it to scoop up some gravy--that coolant is poison. be very careful none is puddled on the floor where a pet could lap it up--they will die!

[This message has been edited by LIGHTNINROD (edited 04-25-2001).]

 

hehe.. i was joking. i bought some water to put in the intercooler. just ticked off that i have to do something like that to my expensive truck.

i'm glad to see someone is a water technician on here. LOL

LIGHTNINROD - i think all coolant is animal frendly now.. isn't it?
the old stuff would kill though..

 

'Doggy:

I wouldn't worry about a single charge of tap water. Even if it's really hard water, there's just not a lot of mass of mineral in there. For example, 500 ppm total hardness (really hard water) in a gallon of IC solution would produce only about 0.07 ounce (1.9 gram) of calcium carbonate scale if it ALL PLATED OUT. No biggie.

If you're really worried, drain your system, refill it with weak acid (like vinegar, perhaps diluted), and circulate. This will definitely dissolve all of the scale, and a little bit of your intercooler and IC rad as well. Add a little chelant (EDTA would be best) if you really want to go a good job. Then, to remove the corrosion products from the acid bath, circulate a moderately weak caustic solution (diluted Red Devil Lye), which will brighten the aluminum like nobody's business.

In other words, don't worry about it.

 

For you guys using WW with 50/50 mix. Do you actually see a reduction in temperature? I was getting ready to add Purple Ice (Royal Purple's version of WW) to the Lightning, but decided to experiment with the Mustang first. To my disappointment, the temperature, on the average, seems to have gone *up* a couple of degrees (I have AM mechanical gauges in the Mustang) since I added the Purple Ice. With this under my belt, I don't think I'm going to waste my money with Purple Ice. But would be interested to try WW if you guys actually noticed a drop in temperature with it.

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Francis
'00 Lightning, S/C 5.4
'93 Mustang GT, N/A 5.7
'00 T-Maxx, N/A 0.15

 

I have always notice a temperature drop in all the cars I have put watter wetter in. I must admitt I have never put an aftermaket guage in to test exactly how much of a drop. My Lightning fatory temp guage showed a very very slight lower reading, but a lower reading never the less. I usually use 75% water to 25 percent anti freeze, with one bottle of watter wetter.

Can someone who knows what they are talking about explain the chemestry behind how watter wetter is supposed to work ?

Someone once told me it reduced the surface tension of the watter. They used the example of a hot cup of coffe. He said, you know the little air bubbles in the coffee around the perimeter of the cup ? If you were to pour a little watter wetter in there, the bubbles would dissapear. He went on to say that the engine had lots of nooks and crannys and pockets where tiny air bubbles would be lurking. Adding watter wetter would get rid of the bubbles, thus effectively creating more water to surface area, in turn increasing the heat transfer rate of the water.

Well, that was certainly a mouthfull .. but is that how it works ?
Certainly there must be a self proclaimed chemist among us who can enlighten me

 

Not to be picky on how you do yours but, my '99 (and likely the '01) had a petcok (sp?) at the bottom of the sm. radiator for the intercooler. Just open it up and let it drain some into a container. Hope this helps.


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HEHE now you tell me. Well next time I will know what to do, pluss I needed the exercise anyway. Well at least your advice might help someone else out. To late for me.

 

clonetek: i wondered about the safety of the new coolant when i posted--thanks for mentioning it.