Waterless Coolant

[dursleyman]

I noticed a full page advert in the new TR Action magazine for Evans Waterless Coolant and wondered if anyone had any expeience with this sort of stuff.
The blub says that no water means no overheating and no corrosion. No need to worry about anti-freeze either. Apparently its non-conductive so doesn't act as an electrolyte and contains no oxygen. Boiling point is 180 degrees C !!!
They have different formulations for Classic and Vintage versions.
Looking at their website you need to purge your system with some prep fluid that cleans dirt and scale and absorbs any water before filling with the new stuff.
Wonder if it is any good?


Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

[Neil_W]

I thought about this previously until I saw the cost of the Coolant -more expensive than Perrier Water in Harvey Nics.

The stuff won't do any good if the cooling components are not in tip top condition.
Could be an expensive day out overhauling the water pump , radiator, flushing etc unless you are rebuilding an engine from scratch.

It may not boil but the Alloyhead will certainly cook before you know anything is wrong in my mind.
Temp gauge will still rise to hot but won't boil.

Can see it as an option if you have a rally car or hill climb racer or old pre war cars with no water pumps but normal use mmmm....

A good anti freeze at 50 - 50 % would be cheaper & has worked for years. Best to fix the cause than cover over it.
Also in really hot countries can see the advantage.

Suppose you take your chance on something new - ever wonder why it is not fitted by Car Manufacturers in new cars [?]

[FI Spyder]

I was talking to some MGTC guys at one of the last parades and rather surprising, the thinking in that camp was best cooling is 15% coolant. Not good for freezing temps (not a concern for most) or corrosion but seems to work for them.

If your rad is good (not silted/scaled with 30 years of non changed coolant crap), timing good, coolant level good (1980+ coolant level sensor helps) you won't have any heating problems.

- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

[dursleyman]

I don't have a need for anything like this stuff, it was just interesting to ask if anyone had experience of it.
I have a good rad with elecric fan and no overheating problems (famous last words!) so its just me wondering who would use it at over £60 for 5 litres.

Russ

1980 TR7 Sprint DHC
Dursley
UK

[Odd]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> its just me wondering who would use it at over £60 for 5 litres <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> Definitely not I
- my Wedge takes something like 14 litres of coolant from dry...
GBP 180 for a coolant fill?!? Never!

<font color="red"><b>My two 1980 Wedges...</b></font id="red">

[Workshop Help]

Oh, Odd! There you go again being cheap! If this miracle juice is too expensive for your tastes, my homemade blue elixir, as explained in the post about the magic beads in ones tires, is a more effective solution for what ails you and costs less too, and refreshes the palette as well.

Mildred Hargis

[John Clancy]

I've found replacing the coolant with pure vodka is the most effective solution.




Okay, I just made that up.

<center><b>[url="http://www.triumphdvd.co.uk"]Triumph TR7 and other car documentaries on DVD here[/url]</b></center>

[Neil_W]

John you may be not far from the truth - Supermarket Vodka at 12 quid a litre would be cheaper & definitely more fun, to find my tiny niggling cooling water leak !

Bacardi Breezer Blue would give that Unipart original look [:p]

[john 215]

Hi,

Installed in a TR6 on tonights ' Wheeler Dealers ' by Ed China. They rate it but then being given it for nothing i guess they would !!


Cheers John


LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

[Beans]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by John Clancy</i>

I've found replacing the coolant with pure vodka is the most effective solution ... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
And after that probably desperately waiting for the waterpump to start a leak [:D]

<center>
<font color="blue"><i>1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)</font id="blue">
<b>[url="http://www.tr7beans.blogspot.com/"]<u><b><font size="3"><font color="red">My full Weblog</font id="red"></font id="size3"></b></u>[/url]</b></i></center>

[slider]

When it gets put into new cars I may start using it ! Untill then its the tried & trusted mix for Trevor !