I put some in my stang to try to drop the temp whilest running the a/c in this extreme Texas heat. Supposed to make the radiator water 'wetter' thus allowing more heat transfer. Anyone else tried this product? Any testimonials??
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I put some in my stang to try to drop the temp whilest running the a/c in this extreme Texas heat. Supposed to make the radiator water 'wetter' thus allowing more heat transfer. Anyone else tried this product? Any testimonials??
squall9393
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I dropped some in mine along with a product from DEI that was also a coolant additive but haven't noticed anything that would be considered significant. 
Down
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I used it in my blown 89. All in all, I probably saw an avg. decrease of 5 degrees or so. For me, it was well worth it.
mo_dingo
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Don't expect anything from it. If it does help, it's probably not going to be enough.
Start by changing your thermostat & coolant. That by itself is a good start, and cheap.
But if the fluid comes out rusty brown, you need to flush the system (I think autozone sells something for this, or if you are cheap, just refill the system with 100% water, then run the car until hot, then drain the water. Repeat until water is clear.). The rust may be inhibiting the flow of water to the cylinder heads, and causing excessive heat.
I recommend some sort of flush in the above case. It will expidite the process.
Scott
Start by changing your thermostat & coolant. That by itself is a good start, and cheap.
But if the fluid comes out rusty brown, you need to flush the system (I think autozone sells something for this, or if you are cheap, just refill the system with 100% water, then run the car until hot, then drain the water. Repeat until water is clear.). The rust may be inhibiting the flow of water to the cylinder heads, and causing excessive heat.
I recommend some sort of flush in the above case. It will expidite the process.
Scott
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its the same soap they give kids to blow bubbles. i didn't see any difference, but then too, i had just installed a new radiator and i have a 160* thermostat. some people say that the thermostat will not make my car run right 
WhiteDevil
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Just put some of that miracle stuff in my car. My car with the thermostat and fluidyne used to run ice cold, but now with the heads and cam on there it runs a little hotter. I put two bottle in mine and it dropped my temps about jack crap. Seems to be a waste.
95WhiteVenom
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got a bottle sitting in my room use it as decoration next to my other car stuff cause I got it sent free with an order from mustangs unlimited I believe.
go-stang5.0
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I threw it in when I changed my radiatior cuz I found a bottle of it in my garage (I put in a fluidyne with it tho so I coundent tell yo if the water wetter helped any). Basically what it does is increace the surface tension of the water, which in turn improves heat transfer and also raises the boiling point of the water. This can help if your radiator cap is bad or if your radiator needs help with heat transfer. The stuff isnt too expensive so I would give it a shot. Some people I know have had good luck with it and others havent. I think it all depends on the efficiency of you cooling system, what kinda shape everything is in, and also the materials that everything is made of. Its based on a valid principle so I wont say its BS, but it seems to work selectively for some but not others.
wytstang said:
That is a myth. Once the thermostat opens it remains fully open. The orifice on a 160 and 180 are the same. Once they are open, they flow the same quantity of water.
The best thing I ever did to lower engine temps was to buy a Mr. Gasket high flow thermostat. Big difference, and is $8.88 at Advance or Summit.
Kurt
squall9393
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I always heard that the engine runs more efficiently when the ECU senses the engine is up to it's warmed up operating temp which is between 180-210* If the system is cooling the engine to get it down to 160* then it would almost be as bad as leaving the thermostat out- fuel economy, emissions, and overall performance will suffer because of being in open loop the whole timerevhead347 said:
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