Im sure this is how Chris feels today or a typical winter day for Eero.

BMW doesn't recommend using an additive in the cooling system, but I think it is a proven product and could help you out with your cooling system issues.Īttached are a few pictures of the lake and some of the snow it gets in the winter. Ive never had an issue with my BMWs and temperatures, but some people swear by water wetter or MoCool by Motul. Water temps would rise, but using water wetter always helped out with keeping the temperatures in the normal operating range. I would come in from Grant off of US 285 and just bomb the road in the XJ, I really beat the hell out of that thing. It used to be a dirt road, but over the course of the last decade it has been paved, which is both a good and bad thing. Access is via Guanella Pass and then a 4WD road, the several fellow Coloradans on the board probably know about Guanella Pass. The reduced atmospheric pressure made water temps climb, sometimes too high for my liking. There is a great stocked fishing lake that I like to fish in the summer, the only issue being that it is located at 11,200ft. Anything over 0.20 volts means the coolant is eating your engine. To keep track of the electrolysis in your cooling system, set a multimeter to 0.000 volt setting, hook one wire to a good ground, and drop the red lead into your coolant. Through all your overheat threads, I was sure I'd mentioned this stuff, and I thought you guys were already using it.īy the way, if you use just water and water wetter, make sure to change your coolant at least once a year, due to losing the corrosion preventatives in antifreeze. When antifreeze is mixed into the equation, the water wetter becomes less effective, but still reduces temps by ~10 degrees F. Mixed with distilled water alone, it can reduce the coolant temp by as much as (if I correctly recall) 22 degrees F. It's a wetting agent which allows better heat transfer from the metal of the engine, to the coolant. I have used Redline Water Wetter for at least 15 years, Tony. Nanofluid with the concentration more than 5% acts like non-Newtonian fluids. Alumina nanoparticles at 0.1% can increase the critical heat flux of water by as much as 70% the particles form rough porous surface on the cooled object, which encourages formation of new bubbles, and their hydrophilic nature then helps pushing them away, hindering the formation of the steam layer.

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Does not lower cooling system below the thermostatically-controlled temperature WaterWetter is a unique wetting agent for cooling systems which reduces coolant temperatures by as much as 30F.

Reduces cavitation and complexes with hard water to reduce scaling.

Designed for use with all modern aluminum, cast iron, copper, brass and bronze cooling systems.

Improves heat transfer and reduces cylinder head temperature.

Compatible with new or used antifreeze (including DEX-COOL and long-life versions) to improve the heat transfer of ethylene and propylene glycol systems.

Superior heat transfer properties compared to glycol-based antifreeze.

Reduces or eliminates bubbles that form on hot metal surfaces to reduce coolant temperatures by up to 20°.

Improves the ability of coolant to wet heat transfer surfaces by 50%. Red Line Water Wetter is a unique agent for cooling systems that doubles the wetting ability of water.

This liquid product can be used to provide rust and corrosion protection in plain water for racing engines, which provides much better heat transfer properties than glycol-based antifreeze. This is a liquid coolant treatment product which is designed to be added to solutions of antifreeze and water to help improve the heat transfer properties of glycol-based antifreeze. Red Line Water Wetter Super Coolant additive is a unique wetting agent which reduces coolant temperatures by as much as 20° F.

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