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Lol...seems the Amsoil and Redline are held in higher regard than some of the other wetters out there. I can get Amsoil stuff pretty cheap since I know a rep personally. That's really the only reason I stick to them.
If, by butt stuff, you mean Butte Sects, than yes....that's what I was referring to. Lol....
Just reduces surface tension which reduces bubbles and allows the water to circulate better. If you are just running in above freezing temps, it is fine as long as you use distilled water.
I live in a part of Cali where it never freezes, lol. But I'd be mixing it with the prediluted Motorcraft Orange stuff, not running distilled water, that can introduce other issues if run for too long.
The water wetter stuff works. Seen it more effective in smaller engines/ motorcycles. And you want to use distilled water in the cooling system.
When creating diluted coolant by adding water to a concentrate, yes, distilled water is the way to go. I am referring to the post above by @Majestic which I interpreted to suggest using ONLY distilled water in the cooling system. In that case, no, as this creates a condition similar to using only de-ionized water, where the chemical structure of the water will begin to corrode the inside of the cooling system. Bottom line, I would never want to use any sort of straight water, be it tap, distilled, or deionized, in a cooling system that sees any sort of long term use.
I assumed he meant a coolant diluted with distilled water, which I just had to do bc Motorcraft Green is a concentrate. Previously I was using a premix from OReillys and I used Royal Purple water wetter...no adverse effects I’m not sure if it was much cooler then as well. It fluctuates between 185-195 mostly at full operating temp
It also contains some inhibitors to mitigate corrosion...
Problem with changing from a dex-cool based (orange/red) coolant to a traditional (green) coolant is that, unless it is THOROUGHLY flushed (honestly, not easily done) it can form a sort of sludge. Even flushing can often still leave the silicates found in dex-cool. Depending on what the vehicle came with (which some Fords have come with and recommend the green stuff) can sometimes mean you are stuck with that variation for the durarion of the vehicles life. Arguments can probably be made on either side, but dex-cool was engineered to be used with aluminum engines to help minimize the corrosion in those engines.
When I bought it it was green at 52k miles. I didn’t touch it until I did the GH IC at about 69-70k IIRC. I drained it and went to the parts store and bought their most expensive stuff they had...didn’t do much research. It was marked to be used for Ford so I bought it, a gold color 50/50 mix came out like clear almost. Dumped a bottle of royal purple in it. After mixed my reservoir was still green. Emptied it again to remove the GH IC, filled back up again with the same stuff from the store that’s basically no color, still green when I emptied it again to do the phenolic spacer....needed a dust shield and radiator plug from Ford so decided to get my coolant there too. So back to green concentrate..add diluted water. And then redline water wetter. I wish I had just kept it all motorcraft for peace of mind. I think it should be fine.
I'm sure you'll be fine. It may have been green stuff for a long time before you got it and cycled through enough to avoid any potential issues.
