What coolant?

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/13 2:59 p.m.

Getting ready to do preventive maintance on the Rover. From everything I have read the 4.6 is prone to overheating, so I wanted to do that first. The idea that it uses Dex-cool bothers me as this coolant is known for eating gaskets and seals.. and I begin to wonder if this is one of the reason the Disco is known for bad headgaskets and the like.

So, does anybody have any experience with the redline Supercool with WaterWetter? It says antifreeze, but I hear people talking about not using it in winter.. so I am just curious. I have had good luck with redline oils and lubes.. but never used the coolant

Jaxmadine Reader
6/27/13 3:15 p.m.

Use coolant. Add wetter if u want. The overheating is more to do with the sleeves in the block, that, and when the temp gauge is pegged its at 260F.....

yamaha UberDork
6/27/13 3:23 p.m.

Also, I'd not recommend going away from deathcool if its in it.........it'd have to be flushed several times with distilled water to clean it all out.....and even then, there isn't a guarentee.

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/13 5:48 p.m.

I was going to flush it several times.. then run pure tap water for a few miles and flush again. Don;t want that crap in my cooling if it eats gaskets and plastic

paranoid_android74 Reader
6/27/13 5:59 p.m.

I just read about this stuff on another forum, I have never used it. Almost sounds like snake oil to me but what do I know?

http://www.evanscooling.com/

mad_machine wrote: I was going to flush it several times.. then run pure tap water for a few miles and flush again. Don;t want that crap in my cooling if it eats gaskets and plastic

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/27/13 6:10 p.m.

Evans is legit.. been around a few years. Very cool (sorry) stuff!