Has anyone experienced O-ring failure since switching to Evans?
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Has anyone experienced O-ring failure since switching to Evans?
Like the title says, just wondering if anyone's had any o-ring trouble since they switched to Evans NPG+? I've read in past threads how evans is supposed to prevent the uncontrolled localised boiling of coolant that leads to warping. I'm very interested in switching to Evans only I'm not sure how easy it is to come by in the UK. Could Evans possibly be the solution to what seems to be the major cause of rotary death? What do you guys who are running the stuff think?
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Evans NPG+ is great in my book. Ran the stuff for 2 years in Texas heat...including a few track events...and never had any problems at all. The engine is as strong as ever.
If you can't get it locally, be sure to stock up on it. You can't put water in your system if you happen to lose some. This is the most concern I had with the stuff so I always kept a couple of gallons around.
If you can't get it locally, be sure to stock up on it. You can't put water in your system if you happen to lose some. This is the most concern I had with the stuff so I always kept a couple of gallons around.
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Evans NPG+ is great in my book. Ran the stuff for 2 years in Texas heat...including a few track events...and never had any problems at all. The engine is as strong as ever.
If you can't get it locally, be sure to stock up on it. You can't put water in your system if you happen to lose some. This is the most concern I had with the stuff so I always kept a couple of gallons around.
Evans NPG+ is great in my book. Ran the stuff for 2 years in Texas heat...including a few track events...and never had any problems at all. The engine is as strong as ever.
If you can't get it locally, be sure to stock up on it. You can't put water in your system if you happen to lose some. This is the most concern I had with the stuff so I always kept a couple of gallons around.
A secondary reason was that none of the pressure caps (3 OEM and 10 Stant caps) that I've used were able to keep its rated pressure for more than 3-6 mos. Because the difference b/w 16 psi and 13 psi is about 20 degF in boiling point, the seals could have been damaged w/o me even knowing it due to localized boiling.
Hence my experiment with NPG+.
NPG+ has some strange characteristics though. It has 1/3 less thermal conductivity; more viscous; takes on heat and shed them much faster than EG/water mix. Because of these characteristics, flow rate must not be decreased and radiator should be thicker by 20-30%.
I like it very much for the fact that it doesn't boil at operating temp and is not dependent on the cap to maintain rated boiling point.
I don't like it b/c it's $25/gallon.
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Originally posted by pomanferrari
Hence my experiment with NPG+.
NPG+ has some strange characteristics though. It has 1/3 less thermal conductivity; more viscous; takes on heat and shed them much faster than EG/water mix. Because of these characteristics, flow rate must not be decreased and radiator should be thicker by 20-30%.
Hence my experiment with NPG+.
NPG+ has some strange characteristics though. It has 1/3 less thermal conductivity; more viscous; takes on heat and shed them much faster than EG/water mix. Because of these characteristics, flow rate must not be decreased and radiator should be thicker by 20-30%.
Evans has 1/3 less thermal conductivity, that means it takes on and sheds heat much SLOWER than standard coolant.
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I'm defo gonna give evans a try. I've got my coolant system drained out for winter so as soon as the spring arrives I'm gonna track some down. Gonna fit an up-rated rad and change my coolant hoses over the winter months. Dya recon I'll still need to flush with sierra coolant if my system's been dry for a couple of months? The sierra's probably just as hard to come by as the NPG+.
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Sierra is dirt cheap...I would think you could find it somewhere local. Maybe not there.
I think you should flush it with Sierra though. There are many places within the engine and heater core where coolant will be trapped. That old stuff is NOT compatible with the Evans.
It isn't cheap...but you won't need to flush your system next winter. Evans is non-corrosive and can stay in the system a long time as long as you don't have other issues. (coolant seal issues, etc.) Also, be sure to run Evans at a lower pressure. I put a lower pressure rad cap on my alluminum AST (7psi) to take some strain off the coolling system. You can convert to zero pressure if you want...but I had a leaking problem when I did that.
I think you should flush it with Sierra though. There are many places within the engine and heater core where coolant will be trapped. That old stuff is NOT compatible with the Evans.
It isn't cheap...but you won't need to flush your system next winter. Evans is non-corrosive and can stay in the system a long time as long as you don't have other issues. (coolant seal issues, etc.) Also, be sure to run Evans at a lower pressure. I put a lower pressure rad cap on my alluminum AST (7psi) to take some strain off the coolling system. You can convert to zero pressure if you want...but I had a leaking problem when I did that.
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Really? Where was it leaking from? I really like the idea of running a zero pressure cooling system, it must drastically prolong the life of the coolant hoses etc. Still, you wouldn't want to waste any of that stuff, what with it costing $25/gal! (God only knows what it'll cost over here in rip-off britain!).
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Evans IS glycol. Just like sierra, with some snake oil stuff supposedly added. You can just run 100% sierra and save a lotta $$$. A bottle of aftermarket cooling system additive every year or so wouldnt hurt.
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Well, I attempted to modify my old cap...and ended up leaking from there. It seems that Evans also expands a bit more than water/coolant mixtures. The 7psi cap was my quick and easy fix. It is likely that the problem I was seeing was my own fault.
After I converted to Evans I never saw over 105C on the hardest track days in 100F temperatures. This was the only conditions I saw the leak...tossed the 7psi on and haven't had a problem since.
After I converted to Evans I never saw over 105C on the hardest track days in 100F temperatures. This was the only conditions I saw the leak...tossed the 7psi on and haven't had a problem since.
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Originally posted by Str8Down
So why are we to assume this stuff would be better than water/antifreeze?
So why are we to assume this stuff would be better than water/antifreeze?
NPG = propylene glycol = Sierra
NPG+ = propylene glycol + ethylene glycol = Sierra + Prestone
Higher engine temperatures a good in some applications (higher efficiency) but not in rotaries. Localized boiling is a selling point only, localized boiling absorbe the latent heat of vaporization from the immediate surface on which it occurs. One could make a good argument in favor of localized boiling as well as against it. However, when it occurs in the water pump it is cavitation and a bad thing.
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The point is you can run any antifreeze 100% and have a similar effect.
NPG = propylene glycol = Sierra
NPG+ = propylene glycol + ethylene glycol = Sierra + Prestone
The point is you can run any antifreeze 100% and have a similar effect.
NPG = propylene glycol = Sierra
NPG+ = propylene glycol + ethylene glycol = Sierra + Prestone
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Originally posted by tmiked
Higher engine temperatures a good in some applications (higher efficiency) but not in rotaries. Localized boiling is a selling point only, localized boiling absorbe the latent heat of vaporization from the immediate surface on which it occurs. One could make a good argument in favor of localized boiling as well as against it.
Higher engine temperatures a good in some applications (higher efficiency) but not in rotaries. Localized boiling is a selling point only, localized boiling absorbe the latent heat of vaporization from the immediate surface on which it occurs. One could make a good argument in favor of localized boiling as well as against it.
If I were to go by the logic of your argument, localized boiling is good because it indicates that the vaporized liquid has absorbed the heat.
Then why in the world do we need a pressure cap and prevent boiling for water/EG?
Don't like Evans? Don't use it! Or at least don't spread misinformation.
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Originally posted by pomanferrari
Then why in the world do we need a pressure cap and prevent boiling for water/EG?
Don't like Evans? Don't use it! Or at least don't spread misinformation.
Then why in the world do we need a pressure cap and prevent boiling for water/EG?
Don't like Evans? Don't use it! Or at least don't spread misinformation.
I have nothing against Evans or Sierra. They are just not the cure-all some ppl represent them to be.
There was ZERO misinformation in my post. I wish it were true for everyone else.
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Originally posted by pomanferrari
How did you come up with these conclusions? Did you do a chemical analysis or a spectrographic analysis?
How did you come up with these conclusions? Did you do a chemical analysis or a spectrographic analysis?
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Originally posted by tmiked
....Localized boiling is a selling point only, localized boiling absorbe the latent heat of vaporization from the immediate surface on which it occurs. One could make a good argument in favor of localized boiling as well as against it. However, when it occurs in the water pump it is cavitation and a bad thing.
....Localized boiling is a selling point only, localized boiling absorbe the latent heat of vaporization from the immediate surface on which it occurs. One could make a good argument in favor of localized boiling as well as against it. However, when it occurs in the water pump it is cavitation and a bad thing.
NPG+ has poorer heat trans props vs eg+w. The fluid does warm up quicker than egw, but with less net heat transfer (btu/hr), giving a false indication of better heat transfer.
As long as the bulk fluid temp in the block is low enough, the egw will work fine. if it can't be kept low during sustained high loads, then DNB will result in overheating, and NPG+ would work better at those high bulk fluid temps.
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I run :
75% distiled water
25% Dexcool
1 bottle of REDLINE water wetter
M2 all aluminum radiator
1.3ATM Gant cap with out the AST.
PFC fan points of /86/86/88.
No problems here in Houston summer with over 320rwhp.
75% distiled water
25% Dexcool
1 bottle of REDLINE water wetter
M2 all aluminum radiator
1.3ATM Gant cap with out the AST.
PFC fan points of /86/86/88.
No problems here in Houston summer with over 320rwhp.
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Originally posted by cewrx7r1
I run :
75% distiled water
25% Dexcool
1 bottle of REDLINE water wetter
M2 all aluminum radiator
1.3ATM Gant cap with out the AST.
PFC fan points of /86/86/88.
No problems here in Houston summer with over 320rwhp.
I run :
75% distiled water
25% Dexcool
1 bottle of REDLINE water wetter
M2 all aluminum radiator
1.3ATM Gant cap with out the AST.
PFC fan points of /86/86/88.
No problems here in Houston summer with over 320rwhp.
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Originally posted by tmiked
No , I read the freakin Evans web site. Several ppl have asked for MDS on the NPG's. To my knowledge no-one has received them, even though their availability is required by law.
No , I read the freakin Evans web site. Several ppl have asked for MDS on the NPG's. To my knowledge no-one has received them, even though their availability is required by law.
That's like looking at Prestone website and concluding that Prestone is alcohol and then implying that you could put alcohol into a car as coolant. Not too unscientific and therefore I submit to you that it's tantamount to misinformation.
Like I said, if you have evidence-meanging facts that lead to these conclusions, let us know.
I'm curious too. I know that the $25 per gallon includes marketing but hey why do people buy Mercedes and BMWs when they're so unreliable?
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Originally posted by cewrx7r1
I run :
75% distiled water
25% Dexcool
1 bottle of REDLINE water wetter
M2 all aluminum radiator
1.3ATM Gant cap with out the AST.
PFC fan points of /86/86/88.
No problems here in Houston summer with over 320rwhp.
I run :
75% distiled water
25% Dexcool
1 bottle of REDLINE water wetter
M2 all aluminum radiator
1.3ATM Gant cap with out the AST.
PFC fan points of /86/86/88.
No problems here in Houston summer with over 320rwhp.
There was an article in C/D a year and a half ago about how it's unsuitable for older vehicles not designed for Dexcool. Dave at KDR saw 3 cars running Dexcool that had coolant seals damaged - see lightning in a world of thunder.