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A relpy from redline.
Mr. Speck, I received your note and appreciate you bringing it to our attention. We’d appreciate it if you’d post our reply on your forum. We visit hundreds of forums daily for help like this, but haven’t hit that one.
WaterWetter is perfectly safe in these vehicles.
There’s only a few ways for a water pump to fail. The first is bearing failure: all modern water pumps have sealed bearings and neither WaterWetter nor glycol coolant can cause that seal to fail (if it dies, it was going to die prematurely anyway). When you hear people talk about the need for lubricating a water pump (as its mentioned by us, too), it is in regard to very old pump without a sealed bearing. The second reason is electrolysis: WaterWetter has a protection package against this and so does glycol antifreeze. Unless people are using really bad sources of water for their typical 50/50 mix, it’s pretty tough to cause this failure.
There’s nothing “different” about these vehicles. Racers, enthusiasts, and general motorists have used WaterWetter for many years to control cooling issues and to protect against corrosion, both in straight water and in 50/50 mixes of glycol coolant. We sell thousands of bottles without issue and our customers are quite happy with its performance. Remember that WaterWetter is completely compatible all glycol antifreeze, including GM Dexcool, the DaimlerChrysler longlife, and the VW/Audi fluid.
The film that you speak of is a problem that we hear about occasionally (usually with VW coolant), but it happens whether there’s WaterWetter in the mix or not. It’s actually a problem with coolant, where the silicates and anti-oxidation chemicals in glycol coolant can come out of suspension. The film is harmless and might be blamed by a dealership for a failure of a pump or system that had other problem on contamination.
A tip for your forum is to try to use distilled or deionized water in your system, always a good bet. Also, never mix a regular coolant with the longlife types that ship with your vehicle from the factory—that cause huge problems and might be a source of some of these issues. Other than these two things, it’s pretty hard to get it wrong.
We hope that helps and ask that you consider using our product. You should notice a temperature improvement if your vehicle is actually running hotter than the level normally controlled by the thermostat.
Best regards,
Cameron Evans
Director of Sales and Marketing
Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation
(707) 750-1175
(707) 745-3214 fax
[email protected]
www.redlineoil.com
Thank you for contacting Red Line Oil, I am unfamiliar with water pump failures and wouldn't expect they are the result of using WaterWetter, it contains a lubricant and is suitable for use alone. What has failed in the water pumps?
The precipitate isn't oil but a reaction between corrosion packages, it comes out of phase when cool, seen in the expansion tank and goes back into suspension in the radiator when hot, it isn't harmful.
Regards, Dave
Red Line Oil"
