Red Line Water Wetter is designed to provide improved metal wetting
and excellent corrosion inhibition when added to plain water or a
glycol coolant. The most poorly maintained system in an automobile is
usually the cooling system. Maintenance is quite simple and only
required once each year, but most vehicle owners never routinely change
the coolant or replenish the corrosion inhibitors which are required
for trouble-free operation.
Proper cooling system maintenance is very critical for most
modern engines which utilize more aluminum. Aluminum has a very high
corrosion potential, even higher than zinc, which is very widely used
as a sacrificial anode. The only property which enables aluminum to be
used in a cooling system is that it will form protective films under
the proper conditions which will prevent the uncontrolled corrosive
attack of acids or bases. Poor aluminum corrosion inhibition will cause
the dissolution of aluminum at the heat rejection surfaces, weakening
the cooling system walls and water pump casing and weakening the head
gasket mating surfaces.
These corrosion products will then form deposits on the lower
temperature surfaces such as in radiator tubes which have very poor
heat transfer properties, causing a significant reduction in the
cooling ability of the entire system. Red Line Water Wetter will
provide the proper corrosion inhibition for all cooling system metals,
including aluminum, cast iron, steel, copper, brass, and lead. |