Waterless Engine Coolant - Jay Leno's Garage
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Antifreeze is usually a mixture of a glycol (propylene, dipropylene, etc.) and water (and some anticorrsion additives). These products seem to be 100% glycol and that's why the make the waterless claim. I'm sure their claims are pretty accurate but I don't know if the benefits justify the higher cost.
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Especially at this point in my engine's life...it's been actively corroding from within for the last decade and a half. Switching at this point doesn't take full advantage of the product. Hoping to gather more information here for use in the future. Once this engine dies and I'm staring down the barrel of a diesel engine swap I'd like to preserve the new engine from the get go.
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Here's the MSDS (attached), it is >69% ethlyene glycol, and less than 1% water.
And their catalog. http://www.evanscooling.com/assets/U...s-Catalog2.pdf
Now if the idea is to gain improvement by running an engine hotter, IMHO all history to this point indicates that a Rover engine might not last very long at this.
And, big fleet operators like FedEX and UPS go to extremes just to save 1%. So 7 - 10% would have this running in every fleet in the US. Pure antifreeze does not cool as well as water, so it will run hotter. Might get away with that in a CAT or Cummins, but Rover?
Now for a car collector, with what most of us would consider low mile use, this might be the thing, as it would minimize cooling system maintenance. Might be OK for the tractor stored out back for low hours use (pulls that one piece of equipment maybe a few times a year).
And their catalog. http://www.evanscooling.com/assets/U...s-Catalog2.pdf
Now if the idea is to gain improvement by running an engine hotter, IMHO all history to this point indicates that a Rover engine might not last very long at this.
And, big fleet operators like FedEX and UPS go to extremes just to save 1%. So 7 - 10% would have this running in every fleet in the US. Pure antifreeze does not cool as well as water, so it will run hotter. Might get away with that in a CAT or Cummins, but Rover?
Now for a car collector, with what most of us would consider low mile use, this might be the thing, as it would minimize cooling system maintenance. Might be OK for the tractor stored out back for low hours use (pulls that one piece of equipment maybe a few times a year).
Last edited by Savannah Buzz; 12-30-2012 at 08:32 AM.