Jim Lane

Anyone here use Evans Waterless Coolant in their 1st Gens?

Talked to the rep at this years Winternationals.

Says it will work even not pressureized.

What do you think?

https://www.evanscoolant.com

Jim

maybe368

I like it, I wish I would have thought of it first ...Mark

Lary Ellis (Top)

Oh shut up!

You Antifreeze Rebel without a cause

NJTman

We don't need no stinkin water......

edwinsmith

Hooray! !00% antifreeze!

maybe368

Quote from the site:

Water contains oxygen, which causes corrosion and also allows electrolytic activity which further damages engine metals. Evans waterless coolants eliminate corrosion and electrolytic activity, significantly increasing the life of the engine.

That sounds really familiar. It's the nearly 50 bucks a gallon that isn't so familiar. It's a lot cheaper to just not put water in the much cheaper ethylene glycol, just sayin'......Mark

Lary Ellis (Top)

In my uneducated opinion getting the cause of corrosion (water) out of the system sure cant hurt as long as the coolant functions well.

Just PLEASE don't tell Mark I said that

maybe368

Tell me what? Come on guys, I hate secrets ...Mark

NJTman

Lary said.... that it was a good idea that I didn't put the distilled water back in my 92, as it was the reason I was getting all gunked up and corrosion in the radiator.

I'll let you know in a year or two if he's right...


If Lary is right, then I guess that means that you are.



Who'd a thunk it ????

MrFusion

I did a bunch of research into Evan's Waterless Coolant a year or two ago. I could be wrong but it seemed to me that it is very similar to regular old ethylene glycol at a much increased price. IIRC the MSDS pretty much tells that story.


Don't forget the equally expensive "flushing agent" that you have to use to clean out the coolant system before you put the EWC in.

maybe368

I thought as much,I'm a complete idiot. Instead of argueing about it on this great forum, I could have been relabeling cheap antifreeze and tripling the price. My hat is off to Evan, way to go...Mark

mknittle

That's what I am thinking.

MrFusion

Nothing says you can't!! It's all in the marketing.


I've developed this theory over the last 20 years or so:
The more advertised a product is, generally the less quality it is.
For example:
Fram sponsors all sorts of racing events and has flashy commercials but their product is crap.
Champion Spark plugs, same thing.
Bud, Miller, Coors spend HUGE amounts of money advertising their barely mediocre products.


The way I see it companies that spend huge amounts of money advertising have to skimp on the product to make enough profit.

edwinsmith

If the idea is to eliminate Oxygen the ethylene glycol doesn't work. It's chemical formula is C2H6O2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol

I'd like to see what the chemical formula of this stuff is. Anybody see an MSDN?

Edwin

j_martin

I boiled over a boiler that had safety-freeze (propylene glycol) and water in it. It got hot enough long enough to completely boil off the water and drastically overheat the safety-freeze.

When I vented that thing, the gas that came out knocked me for a loop. I had to go in full hazmat and evacuate it before I could repair it and re-fill it.

I tell all that because I'd hate to deal with whatever would come from grossly overheating pure ethylene glycol, Evans or otherwise.