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idaveyboy
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Post subject: engine coolant  Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:01 am |
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Has anyone ever heard of this engine coolant called cool aide? Any Good for trackdays? Its supposed to be non glycol.
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madski
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 1:25 am |
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i've only used distilled water/water wetter combo or engine ice if freezing is a factor.
unless it's gonna be exposed to freezing temps i'd probably just stick to water/water wetter.
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stevedave
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:37 am |
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It is basically like water wetter except I believe you can mix it with anti-freeze as well. I think the only reason that is good is that you do not have to flush the system as well when switching over.
It does not offer freeze protection. Basically I've found generally there are three types of coolant:
1. Antifreeze (we all know what this is)
2. Engine ice - offers both freeze protection and non-glycol
3. Water wetter/cool aide - non-glycol
Engine ice I believe does not clean up quite as easily as water wetter if it is spilled on the track. I may be completely wrong, so feel free to correct me.
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idaveyboy
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:19 pm |
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Thanks for your input guys. I have another question. Why distilled water and not just regular water?
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madski
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:28 pm |
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because distilled water (in theory) is much cleaner than regualr water. distilled water is in theory ph7 and without any minerals or other junk that drinking or tap water still has in it.
drinking water is filtered, distilled water is, well, distilled (boiled and recollected from steam) - I guess just less crap to build up in your cooling system.
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twotyres
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:51 pm |
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Distilled water is cheap insurance, less than $1 a gallon at the grocery store. Tap water isn't worth using because all the minerals will build up over time.
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:54 am |
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stevedave wrote: It is basically like water wetter except I believe you can mix it with anti-freeze as well. I think the only reason that is good is that you do not have to flush the system as well when switching over.
It does not offer freeze protection. Basically I've found generally there are three types of coolant:
1. Antifreeze (we all know what this is)
2. Engine ice - offers both freeze protection and non-glycol
3. Water wetter/cool aide - non-glycol
Engine ice I believe does not clean up quite as easily as water wetter if it is spilled on the track. I may be completely wrong, so feel free to correct me. I run Water Wetter, and on the directions, it says you can mix it with antifreeze to get a higher temp protection. Have a pretty good info on this too.
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idaveyboy
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:58 am |
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madski wrote: i've only used distilled water/water wetter combo or engine ice if freezing is a factor.
unless it's gonna be exposed to freezing temps i'd probably just stick to water/water wetter. With the distilled water and water wetter have you ever had any issues with temps getting to high because of not having any regular coolant?
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fjorn
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:32 pm |
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idaveyboy wrote: madski wrote: i've only used distilled water/water wetter combo or engine ice if freezing is a factor.
unless it's gonna be exposed to freezing temps i'd probably just stick to water/water wetter. With the distilled water and water wetter have you ever had any issues with temps getting to high because of not having any regular coolant? Only because I don't have cooling fans and when the bike is idling. But, at speed, no. http://www.redlineoil.com/product.aspx?pid=74&pcid=10
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Post subject: Re: engine coolant Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:12 pm |
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idaveyboy wrote: madski wrote: i've only used distilled water/water wetter combo or engine ice if freezing is a factor.
unless it's gonna be exposed to freezing temps i'd probably just stick to water/water wetter. With the distilled water and water wetter have you ever had any issues with temps getting to high because of not having any regular coolant? I believe straight distilled water cools better than anti-freeze. The only reason we run anti-freeze is to keep heads and blocks from cracking...
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