Don't use water-pump
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Don't use water-pump
See what happens if you use pure water in your rig and also what happens when you forget to fasten the bolts. I could almost twist them loose with my fingers.
My rig stems from '93 and probably was cooled most of that period with water. Believe it or not, until the headgasket developed a leak the engine held its water for quite a reasonable time; it wasn't pooring from the seams as you might expect. After dismounting the pump body disintegrated when someone touched it not really all that hard.
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My rig stems from '93 and probably was cooled most of that period with water. Believe it or not, until the headgasket developed a leak the engine held its water for quite a reasonable time; it wasn't pooring from the seams as you might expect. After dismounting the pump body disintegrated when someone touched it not really all that hard.
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Actually..... as long as you use clean water, you will have no problems. Distilled water with a little bit of Water Wetter will give you better cooling than a 50/50 mix of water/coolant. Coolant really is more of an anti-freeze than a coolant. If you look at race cars, they use straight water. Water is still one of the best liquid heat transfers. The person that put the water in yours must have used some water that was high in minerals. That would definately kill a water pump.
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Hey Ava,
You have a nice looking avatar. Where did you get that bullbar/ brush guard you have? That skidplate is cool, where did you get that? With that kind of skidplate, maybe I can take the original skidplate and install a transmission cooler behind that skidplate. You have an awesome looking front bumper/brush guard combo.
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You have a nice looking avatar. Where did you get that bullbar/ brush guard you have? That skidplate is cool, where did you get that? With that kind of skidplate, maybe I can take the original skidplate and install a transmission cooler behind that skidplate. You have an awesome looking front bumper/brush guard combo.
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Originally posted by 4x4CPOSEADOG
Hey Ava,
You have a nice looking avatar. Where did you get that bullbar/ brush guard you have? That skidplate is cool, where did you get that? With that kind of skidplate, maybe I can take the original skidplate and install a transmission cooler behind that skidplate. You have an awesome looking front bumper/brush guard combo.
Noel
Hey Ava,
You have a nice looking avatar. Where did you get that bullbar/ brush guard you have? That skidplate is cool, where did you get that? With that kind of skidplate, maybe I can take the original skidplate and install a transmission cooler behind that skidplate. You have an awesome looking front bumper/brush guard combo.
Noel
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Originally posted by OneTrickToy
Actually..... as long as you use clean water, you will have no problems. Distilled water with a little bit of Water Wetter will give you better cooling than a 50/50 mix of water/coolant. Coolant really is more of an anti-freeze than a coolant. If you look at race cars, they use straight water. Water is still one of the best liquid heat transfers. The person that put the water in yours must have used some water that was high in minerals. That would definately kill a water pump.
Actually..... as long as you use clean water, you will have no problems. Distilled water with a little bit of Water Wetter will give you better cooling than a 50/50 mix of water/coolant. Coolant really is more of an anti-freeze than a coolant. If you look at race cars, they use straight water. Water is still one of the best liquid heat transfers. The person that put the water in yours must have used some water that was high in minerals. That would definately kill a water pump.
I wonder if they used battery acid in this engine? Or is there a (inferior) type of coolant the does thise to metal?
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Originally posted by OneTrickToy
Actually..... as long as you use clean water, you will have no problems. Distilled water with a little bit of Water Wetter will give you better cooling than a 50/50 mix of water/coolant. Coolant really is more of an anti-freeze than a coolant. If you look at race cars, they use straight water. Water is still one of the best liquid heat transfers. The person that put the water in yours must have used some water that was high in minerals. That would definately kill a water pump.
Actually..... as long as you use clean water, you will have no problems. Distilled water with a little bit of Water Wetter will give you better cooling than a 50/50 mix of water/coolant. Coolant really is more of an anti-freeze than a coolant. If you look at race cars, they use straight water. Water is still one of the best liquid heat transfers. The person that put the water in yours must have used some water that was high in minerals. That would definately kill a water pump.
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I'm not so sure I'd trust pure water either because of the variety of metals used in Toy engines.
Iron + Water = Hydrogen gas + Iron Hydroxide (Rust)
Aluminum + Water + Heat = Hydrogen gas + Aluminum Hydroxide
Iron + Water = Hydrogen gas + Iron Hydroxide (Rust)
Aluminum + Water + Heat = Hydrogen gas + Aluminum Hydroxide
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I'm not sure if this is an issue where you live in South America, but if you keep pure water in there during the winter it will freeze and either pop the freeze plugs or crack the block since water expands when it freezes.
In addition to killing water pumps, normal tap water, river water, well water, etc. will leave all kinds of deposits in your radiator and heater core, (made of copper or brass on most cases) eventually cloging them and it will kill your whole cooling system.
Use 50% purified, distilled and/or de-ionized water and 50% anti-freeze. Water wetter is fine but by no means is it necessary.
In addition to killing water pumps, normal tap water, river water, well water, etc. will leave all kinds of deposits in your radiator and heater core, (made of copper or brass on most cases) eventually cloging them and it will kill your whole cooling system.
Use 50% purified, distilled and/or de-ionized water and 50% anti-freeze. Water wetter is fine but by no means is it necessary.
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