Water Wetter

[AZ Boss Hoss]

Anyone have any experiences with it?
I tried it on my SB and it actually seemed to bring down the temp 10-15 degrees and not want to spit some out after shut down.
Not a big fan of additives (other than seafoam) but this one seemed to actually work.
Just wondering if there were any opinions good or bad.

[Carl La Fong]

I always add three ounces of Dr. Peabody's Flywheel Lube and Horse Liniment to each quart of coolant.
Seriously, check out this video. Water Wetter has gotten a pretty bad rap as far as gooping up the cooling system with brown sludge. I'd use the Purple Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWWqBh36_0

[Paul H]

I have used and highly recommend Water Wetter.
I have not nor has anybody I told about had any such
problems that I know of. IF RP has a better product
I will surely give it a try.
The gentlemen speaking about Purple Ice is a
salesmen for the product. I like and use RP
products in my 2000 BH trike, even the 700R4
transmission.

Paul H

[CanuckHoss]

Put Purple Ice in my BB trike last year...seemed to make a bit of a difference.

As I understand these products what they do is they stop tiny air bubbles from forming on the cooling material / metal therefore allowing the coolant to do its job and the metal to do its job disipating the heat.

[knockdolian]

Some bloke called Jay Leno uses
Evans waterless engine coolant. He seems quite impressed with it. Check it out on YouTube.

[The Mindless Philosopher]

Interesting topic, as we are still near 120* F daily and my '01 BH coolant easily hits 210* F on the daily commute. I'm all for something that will cool it a little without gumming up the innards.

Red Line Water Wetter has a lot of good reviews on Summit's web site.

[The Mindless Philosopher]

Sadly, Water Wetter has not worked any magic for my Hoss. However, there are a few things I should note:

- Though Red Line recommends at least 15% coolant in street driven vehicles, mine still has a 50/50 mix; Likely too much coolant and not enough plain old water
- I began the ride in 114* F weather; It was 116* when I returned
- The trip was around 60 miles
- A 1,200 Ft elevation mountain pass was thrown into the mix
- Most of the trip was on the desert floor at around 140 Ft elevation and 70 MPH
- I goosed it for several blasts of 90-100 MPH, just to see how it would affect it; Barely edged the temperature gauge forward

The coolant temperature eased a little past 210* but not by much, maybe 212-214*. Hard to say with an analog gauge.

The only truly noticeable difference is that it took a few extra miles (maybe 10 or so) to reach 210* instead of hitting it after only a mile, so the Water Wetter is at least trying to do something.

For now I figure I need to bleed off the radiator a little and try it again with more water and Water Wetter. Hard to say. The size of the radiator just might be a little insufficient in this environment. That, and I haven't given it a proper flush yet.

[willie wilson]

my big block had purple ice in it when I bought it new made my water pump leak. talked to Mr west about it .drained system started over did not leak pump lasted 114000 miles????? 207 bike food 4 thought