Magic Water

[1944screen]

What is this waterless water Ed China keeps on about on wheeler dealers?

[Old_Geezer]

It comes in powdered form; you just add water.

[Old_Geezer]

Is this it ?
http://www.southwaysautomotive.co.uk/evans-waterless-coolant/

[bhg481]

You can buy waterless car wash - is that what he's talking about?

[gingejbee]

Well, it's either "waterless coolant" or "waterless car-wash" ie stuff you clean a car with that requires no water from bucket or hose.
I think it's the former....

[1944screen]

Thanks Old Geezer.To take it a stage further,do you then add anti freeze.All I know is it does not overheat.Any more info would be appreciated.Thanks

[gingejbee]

^^^if you'd have read the whole link, you'd see that the freezing point of this coolant is minus 40C....so nothing else needs to be added for winter use.

[Buenchico]

There would be no point in adding antifreeze to something that's already got a freezing point below that of a water/antifreeze mix. (Scroll down to the two paragraphs starting with "The freezing point of water . . ." in O_G's link).

[ToraToraTora]

It's waterless coolant, watch the TR6 episode.

[bhg481]

There's a bit of advertiser's licence in the advert in OG's link. Water boils at 100deg - more like 120deg when it's pressurised, as car systems are. Water + antifreeze goes down to -20 deg before freezing - my Volvo handbook says -35deg. On top of that I've never had any antifreeze added, or a change, in 10 years/180,000 miles on the current car (or the previous Volvo). To change to waterless, using the advert figures, would cost in the region of £200. I can't see the advantage.