Waterless Coolant? I was watching that Wheeler Dealers show one Saturday morning, and they talked about this waterless coolant product: Evans Cooling Canada Benefits: - 180°C Boiling point - Because of high boiling point, cooling system runs unpressurized - Eliminates cooling system corrosion Cons: - Expensive ($60/gallon) - Can't add any water (unless in emergency) I always wondered if something like this exists, and now I know that it does. I've noticed from looking at inboard boat engines, since they run unpressurized (cooled with straight sea/lake water) the rubber hoses stay in great shape. I'm thinking about running this stuff in my Mazda and Mustang. Does anyone here have any experience with this stuff? |
No experience with it, but this almost reminds me of Redline's Water Wetter. |
personally i wouldn't bother. As long as you change your coolant somewhat regularly, coolant itself won't "fail". The only time coolant would fail is its missing. (leak) And if this stuff really is that good and is the only thing from keeping your engine from overheating, then its likely compensating for something else thats gone wrong in the cooling system. And if for whatever reason your engine is getting anywhere near 180C, its great this stuff won't boil over but the fact that the engine is up at those temps, the gauge will still be in the red zone and damage can still occur. Hose won't get brittle and leak becuase of coolant. It will brittle because of age. Oil dripping and soaking hoses will swell and soften over time. $60 a gallon is nuts. Just make sure the rest of the cooling system is up to par. Then again, maybe this stuff would be good in boat engines. I have no experience with boats |
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i'm such a skeptic. I've seen so many products over the years and when i seen that video it looked like such an infomercial. I'm not so much doubting all its benefits but more whether its necessary. If it runs at such a low pressure, where a reservoir isn't needed, i'm not so sure if thats a good thing. I always figured pressure is needed to maintain good coolant contact to the cylinder walls and other hot parts to take away the heat and also to have good coolant flow. Just wondering, when your dad swapped it into his 5.0, was he having cooling problems or just as a maintenance thing? |
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Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_point |
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I had a look throgh some of my old text books, where i thought i read pressure would help flow and coolant contacting etc. Couldn't find any of that. So disregard my last post |
In order for this product to work as designed, I take it you would have to be very meticulous in removing/draining/flushing the old coolant in order not to contaminate this stuff. This is also assuming you have no head gasket problems etc. Correct or no? |
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did anyone tried it for long time with good result other than iceman's dad's 5.0's cooling system |
Yes, the trucking industry. This isn't brand new. |
I thought its for passenger cars |
A lot of technology from racing and commercial industries make their way down to passenger cars. IMO, if it ain't broke don't fix it. I can see how it'd be of benefit for race cars and HD equipment though. |
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