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Old May 28, 2018 | 06:50 AM
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I have been toying with the idea of changing over to this to keep temperatures down on my Cosworth.
Whats peoples experience of it?
My car isn't overheating etc just runs a lot hotter than a mates Cosworth already running it as it was in the car when he got it.
Is it worth the cost as it looks like it will be about £200 to do one car.
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Old May 28, 2018 | 09:01 AM
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Cars run a little hotter with waterless coolant in.

I tried it but not worth the money or hassle in my opinion.

Change out the thermostat for a new one, check you have the correct sender unit and use something else to check the gauge. Maybe consider a turbo after cooler rad.

Also flush out the system well
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Old May 28, 2018 | 09:22 AM
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I don't believe it will do anything to reduce the running temperature.

That boils down to physics, (no pun intended) radiator core size and design and thermostat etc.

Have you flushed you cooling system?

It's USP is that it has a higher boiling point and as it's waterless, reduces corrosion.

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Thanks for info guys.
My car isn't overheating, just impressed with how cool my mate Bosworth was after same journey together
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Old May 28, 2018 | 07:30 PM
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4 life coolant is better than evans.

Only problem it changes colour when the headgasket has gone so no good inna cossie😂
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Old May 28, 2018 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by jason_nike
I have been toying with the idea of changing over to this to keep temperatures down on my Cosworth.
Whats peoples experience of it?
My car isn't overheating etc just runs a lot hotter than a mates Cosworth already running it as it was in the car when he got it.
Is it worth the cost as it looks like it will be about £200 to do one car.

Is yours an Aircon model? Only reason I ask is my one is and runs a bit hotter than my previous 2wd. I think this is down to the Aircon rad being in the mix of the coolant radiator.
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Originally Posted by timster
Is yours an Aircon model? Only reason I ask is my one is and runs a bit hotter than my previous 2wd. I think this is down to the Aircon rad being in the mix of the coolant radiator.
Yes my sapphire is the aircon model, but I am looking at my 3 Door first, but also sapphire too although doesn't get that hot tbh
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Waterless coolant is a waste of time mate ..when you say running hotter ..how hot ? ..you need to take some proper readings and go from there as the original clock needle are not accurate by any means .. personally I'd do that and if it is running hot ..then look into fixing the problem rather than tying a solution ..hope you get sorted .
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Old May 30, 2018 | 09:19 PM
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Distilled water (not sure if that is correct english; i mean water with the minerals boiled/filtered out) with WaterWetter came out on top by far when we tested Evans, normal coolant and water&WaterWetter on Westfield racecars. 6 degrees cooler running plus much quicker reduction in temperature after some slipstreaming.
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Originally Posted by Rsmat
Waterless coolant is a waste of time mate ..when you say running hotter ..how hot ? ..you need to take some proper readings and go from there as the original clock needle are not accurate by any means .. personally I'd do that and if it is running hot ..then look into fixing the problem rather than tying a solution ..hope you get sorted .
Hi Mat,
thanks for reply mate, mines not running too hot, just not as cool as my mates.
I have now ordered new coolant from GGR as don't think Ive replaced in in a couple of years as didn't use them much last year
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Originally Posted by jason_nike
Hi Mat,
thanks for reply mate, mines not running too hot, just not as cool as my mates.
I have now ordered new coolant from GGR as don't think Ive replaced in in a couple of years as didn't use them much last year

No probs mate ..two cars are never the same ..so fill her up with new coolant and see how you go ..if it ain't boiling over i wouldn't worry ..get some seat time and see how you go on.
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Originally Posted by Rsmat
No probs mate ..two cars are never the same ..so fill her up with new coolant and see how you go ..if it ain't boiling over i wouldn't worry ..get some seat time and see how you go on.
Cheers Mat, coolant will be done tomorrow.
Surprised how many people actually thought I had a problem with the cars.
Hows your car?
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Originally Posted by jason_nike
Cheers Mat, coolant will be done tomorrow.
Surprised how many people actually thought I had a problem with the cars.
Hows your car?

Yea just see how you go mate as.im sure you'll be fine ..yeq all good mate ..still building it .
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It also depends on the flow of the system, the rad may be impeding the flow for example.

This is why I asked if it had been flushed.

Martin
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