hey guys does any1 have ne experience with cooling additives such as royal purples purple ice or dei coolant additive or anything. do these really help cool the temperature or what?

 

yea i've used redline's water wetter. good product. it does really work. only complaint is that it looses effectiveness over time. i'll probably flush my coolant soon anyway and pick up another bottle. i've also heard that the royal purple product is pretty good too (i think they're all basically the same but don't quote me on that.)

 

I use redline water wetter. noticed a 15* temp drop over standard 50/50 mix. i put one bottle in with a 70/30 mix of antifreeze/coolant.

 

I`ve used Redlines Water Wetter for awhile now and it drops the temp 5-10 in my 383 `88 Iroc. It will drop the temp a little more after changing the anti freeze to water ratio and onebad89RS said. It also works as a water pump lube.

 

well i have scoffed at many " snake oil products over the years " and have been proven wrong more times than i want to admit . [ aviation mech. since 1956 ] bottom line , if it works do it . [ damn i am old , and still a gearhead , must be like a virus , hope yall keep it as long as i have ] . 89rs , lo3 , t-5 , still like to chirp tires , and hear that downshift . [ mild mods, american thunder exhaust , and others ] . keep it going young men/ladies .

 

Only as old as ya feel man.

 

I tried using water wetter, but i havent noticed a difference, but it might be because i wasnt thinking straigh and put it in the reserrvoir and not directly the radiator.

 

Camaropunk, yes it needs to go in the radiator and you should see some difference in temps. One of the reasons to use it is that you can change your anti-freeze to water ratio without having any new problems arise. I run 30% anti-freeze to 70% distilled water along with 1 bottle of water wetter which is also a water pump lube and helps prevent rust. It seems to cool my Iroc more than my `74 El Camino. One word of caution about anti-freeze that was in a post I think this last week is to use only Peak or Zerex. They are the only two anymore that do not cause electrolysis problems. Check out the post and it will explain it better than I am.

 

I guess I will try it again then, i realized after i poured it in there i should have done directly in the radiator

 

nothing lubes a water pump. if coolant could lube a water pump we wouldnt need grease. water pumps run sealed bearings. sorry to bring an old thread back. but water pump lubricaters are truley snake oil.