WATER WETTER HEAT TRANSFER AGENT

We recommend the use of Red Line Water Wetter for V-Max engines used in a high performance capacity. Red Line Water Wetter (liquid) is designed to provide improved metal wetting when added to water glycol mixes.

Water has twice the heat transfer capability when compared to 50% glycol antifreeze/coolant in water.

Red Line Water Wetter can reduce cooling system temperatures compared to glycol solutions and even plain water. Water has excellent heat transfer properties in its liquid state, but very high surface tension makes it difficult to release water vapor from the metal surfaces. Under heavy load conditions, much of the heat in the cylinder head is transferred by localized boiling at hot spots, even through the bulk of the cooling solution is below the boiling point.

Red Line Water Wetter reduces the surface tension of water by a factor of two, which means that much smaller vapor bubbles will be formed. Vapor bubbles from the metal surfaces create an insulating layer, which impedes heat transfer. Releasing these vapor bubbles from the metal surfaces can improve the heat transfer properties in this localized boiling region by as much as 15%.