![]() ![]() Heat conducting fluids in engine coolant.Overview – What is engine coolant made from?.Perception vs Reality – Common Pitfalls in Personal Experience of Coolant Performance.Measuring coolant performance – Metrics.Measuring coolant performance directly (at the engine).How do you measure coolant performance?.If there’s something wrong or maybe just not expressed well, I always appreciate your support, and am happy to cite you if you wish. But thermodynamics is a massive subject studied by many specialists, and it’s their wisdom I’m trying to distill into article form with a balanced tone. General disclaimer: I try to really comprehensively understand everything, and have a solid education in engineering/physics behind me to help. If you have any questions, or want to make a clarification, I’d welcome it. I’m going to cover a lot of stuff in this article and try to make it comprehensive. Most high-performance electric vehicles have liquid cooling. The problem is that there is a lot of evidence that shows that these approaches can be harmful to your engine for the average user, especially when done without care.Ĭoolant is one of those things - like suspension or brakes - that we have to keep understanding in the advancing age of electric vehicles. “Water wetter” (which is also appropriate in some use cases).Any old automotive coolant lying around (regardless of whether it has silicates, phosphates etc.(Oh, I know I’ll get flak for this… but I do know it has its uses, like long-term storage) Propylene glycol-based coolants, the most common of which is “Evans Waterless Coolant”.Water only (usually demineralised, but sometimes - though rarely - tap water).People will recommend coolants that won’t cool your engine properly, may cause corrosion, and may just lead to engine failures.Īmong the sporadic guidance I’ve seen touted on many forums have been advice to use: Go on any forum and ask what coolant to use for your motorcycle (I dare you!) and someone in the crowd will almost definitely lead you massively astray. ![]()
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