[Ducati] Water Wetter

[Mark Hatten]

FWIW, all roadracing orgs that I know of -- AMA, WERA, CCS, AHRMA -- do 
*not* allow the poly glycol stuff like Evans and Engine Ice.  It's not 
*quite* as nasty as ethyl glycol, but it's still slick as heck and damn near 
impossible to clean up off the track.  STT allows it to try to strike a 
balance between safety and customer-friendliness, but I'd definitely 
recommend plain water or water with Water Wetter.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen lee" <sdlrodeo at yahoo.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Water Wetter


> Thank you for your response.
>  I thought they just wanted water and/or water wetter only. However, after 
> re-reading the "bike prep" info, I found this:
>  6) Advanced and Intermediate group riders MUST use water or water wetter 
> or a non-ethyl glycol based anti-freeze/coolant. Approved Poly Glycol 
> brands are: Evans, 7th Gear, Liquid Performance, and Engine Ice. NO 
> AUTOMOTIVE ETHYL GLYCOL BASED COOLANTS ARE ALLOWED.
>
>  Thanks again,
>  Steve
>
>
>
>
> Rich Roberts <bigredxrunner at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Course what is missing in this equation is that you do not have to go 
> with just water and water wetter, but can go to a mixture of water and the 
> minimum of ethylene/propylene glycol which for some is 50/50 or even less, 
> seems years back I went 60/40 or 70/30 water/ coolant. and added the 
> appropriate number of ounces of water wetter. The water wetter in the 
> right mix of coolant to water will help, back when I first started doing 
> that it dropped average temps 10-15 degrees. Note that it has a few 
> undesireable properties like boiling at 212 when not under pressure, you 
> want better contact with metal so surfactant helps. I was not happy with 
> Evans Coolant though. But a mix of DI water/coolant and water wetter for 
> all the time use is fine...it is not just for track use. I did this for 
> years with no ill effects that I could see. Rich
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