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i couldnt find a radiator cap so i put it in the resivoir. will it do any good there? is there someplace else to add it? thanks!
Well, I think you just wasted it? In the reservoir it won't get into the radiator. This is just for overflow. I haven't look today, but there must be a radiator cap somehwere? Look in your owner's manual and check.bobbys9350 said:i couldnt find a radiator cap so i put it in the resivoir. will it do any good there? is there someplace else to add it? thanks!
bobbys9350 said:would it hurt it AT ALL to fill with just water? i just cant start then car when its cold out right?
gp001 said:Are we talking about putting Water Wetter in an 05? Unless you have some serious mods I don't see the benefit.Maybe I just had a really long day and meetings that bored some of my brain cells to death, but I just don't see the benefit of just "adding" it to the car. Now if you drained the system and used water + Water Wetter I could see the benefit of lower octane requirements.
- No temp decrease - The computer will control the temperature by utlizing the fan. If the Water Wetter decreases the water temp, the computer will just leave the fan off longer to get the temp where it wants it.
- No knock sensor/octane benefit - since you added it to the coolant you are still going to see higher head temps, which result in knock sensor activity
Hatchman said:Actually, water has better thermal conductivity properties than antifreeze. So straight water will cool your car better and more efficiently than a 50/50 water/antifreeze mix. Water Weter also helps the heat transfer by raising the nucleate boiling point, in other words, the little steam bubbles that form when it gets really hot at the heat transfer points. So water wetter added to your coolant should help it run a little cooler. I noticed a few degrees drop in standard operating temperature in most vehicles. Water wetter also has anti corrosion properties, so used properly, there will be no added corrossion from using just water wetter/straight water. Water wetter also has lubricative properties, so it's good for the water pump bearings.
Antifreeze will keep your coolant system from freezing, that's the only advantage from using water/water wetter mix. Water wetter has no anti freezing properties.
But, for standard day driving, the stock coolant system is more than adequate. Most race tracks don't allow antifreeze, because it is very slippery when spilled on the track, and very hard to clean up. I would be happy with the stock coolant mix, so I don't have to drain and change every winter when it starts getting cold.