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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Warthog on October 17, 2012, 12:46:56 PM

Title: Waterless Coolant? Anyone tried it, is it snake oil?
Post by: Warthog on October 17, 2012, 12:46:56 PM

Caught a wheeler Dealer ep and try use it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Evans-Waterless-Engine-Coolant-Classic-Cool-180-Race-Rally-Off-Road-4x4-/251039851000?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a732421f8 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Evans-Waterless-Engine-Coolant-Classic-Cool-180-Race-Rally-Off-Road-4x4-/251039851000?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a732421f8)

Anyone used it? Pretty pricey though :icon_eek:

Title: Re: Waterless Coolant? Anyone tried it, is it snake oil?
Post by: wildwood on October 17, 2012, 03:41:39 PM

Wouldn't want to use it if I was prone to leaks!!!
Also it may not display boiling over but it does allow your old engine to covertly run hotter.....
Back in the day I melted a piston on a Rover V8 in a similar scenario..... :jpshakehead:

Title: Re: Waterless Coolant? Anyone tried it, is it snake oil?
Post by: Bat Fastard on October 17, 2012, 04:46:04 PM

Snake oil might be cheaper  :017:

Seriously though, I don't know, but water is plentiful......well up here it is.....maybe too plentiful  :icon_sad:

Title: Re: Waterless Coolant? Anyone tried it, is it snake oil?
Post by: classicjeep on October 17, 2012, 06:39:11 PM

My little Chevy engined Flatfender was alway 'bordeline' on cooling so have been using this for years and is a fraction of the cost of the Waterless Coolant.

http://www.redlineoil.com/product.aspx?pid=74&pcid=10 (http://www.redlineoil.com/product.aspx?pid=74&pcid=10)

Title: Re: Waterless Coolant? Anyone tried it, is it snake oil?
Post by: Warthog on October 17, 2012, 07:02:42 PM

Main thought I had was the non corrosive principle of using this could be of benefit?

Wetter water basically is an additive not a replacement, right?

Still rather pricey, and you'd be pissed if you blow a hose :011:

Title: Re: Waterless Coolant? Anyone tried it, is it snake oil?
Post by: Bulldog67 on October 17, 2012, 08:33:18 PM

tried water wetter on the Chief - done fuck all

Title: Re: Waterless Coolant? Anyone tried it, is it snake oil?
Post by: classicjeep on October 18, 2012, 12:29:26 AM

If you have a cooling system problem ie. blocked rad. or whatever this wont fix it, it just does  'what is says on the tin'.......it has worked for my Jeep for 10+ years.