Waterless coolant sound very appealing due to the fact that it can minimise rust issues to almost zero. But I am having reservations as to what chemicals are they using that has to ability to match the specific heat capacity and specific latent heat of water. Up till now, nothing beats water in terms of cooling. But I'm waiting for the famed myth-buster sifu for his review
I managed to get my hands on a laser thermometer and it's pretty accurate. I have ideas on how to test this but i don't have the budget to buy a RM300 bottle of Evans for testing. And no I'm not referring to myself as the famed mythbuster, just have ideas.
This Evans Waterless Coolant sounds like a really good product. But i have to agree, it is really expensive for a coolant. RM600 to do the whole thing. And if anything happens which requires a top-up, is another RM300 a bottle. That damn painful. But where to get it in Malaysia?
What about that Engine Ice? Where to get it and how much does it cost?
Can Try Lubegard Kool It also.....
Lubeguard kool and Engine Ice is like Permacools premix. These are already premixed coolants from what I can make out in the website. Meaning they are glycol based products mixed with water. Engine Ice is Propylene glycol mixed, Permacool is ethylene glycol mixed, Evans has is both propylene glycol and ethylene glycol but oil based somehow. Not sure.
Glycols generally are good conductors of heat but are flammable. So not sure how that works for us as a coolant.
Evans has a distributor in KL, forgot the name. Need to dig out the name card I took the other day.
if change water pump need to pay rm300 for top up?
Not exactly, they sell in 4L bottles, since each bottle is RM300 then yes. But it's not per top-up. However if installed correctly, there shouldn't be any need to topup if there's no catastrophic failure in the engine head gasket or hoses.
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Gosh is it corrosive?? Never knew that. Anyways, I've seen some brands that are slightly more expensive using propylene glycol now.
in its pure form it is I think. premixed it isn't but it still will break down due to the water combination, hence the need to change radiator water every now and then.