Re: Evans waterless engine coolants
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:01 pm
stevebroad wrote:Tahoe wrote:I remember back in the 80's a friend tried this. All I can say is I'm very supprised that they are still in business and even more supprised that the likes of Jay Leno, Practicle Classics, and Wheeler Dealers use this. After he had it in his car for 6 monthes he went back to the traditional stuff. Absolutely Hokus Pokus (my opinion) for the premium you pay for this stuff.
What happened after 6 months to make him decide to change back?
He used it in a '56 Chevy Street Rod, and it's been a while (almost 30 years) and I don't remember exactly why he went back to conventional coolant, but do remember he went through a very extensive process of making sure the water was out of the cars cooling system when he installed it. I do remember that he was also having cooling issues before installing it, and they didn't go away after he installed it. He thought this was the answer. The cause of the cooling issue was later discovered to be missing sheetmetal below the radiator which prevented air recirculation. Once those were installed, they acted like a shroud, and the cooling problem went away. This I remember beacuse we were at a car show one day and a bunch of 56 Chevys were there. I was looking in the engine compartments and noticed they all had the sheetmetal except my friends car. His car was in an accident an he figured that the body shop never installed them again after repairs.