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Old Aug 2, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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I've only read / heard good things about the Redline WaterWetter product. Anybody know 'what bad happens' (if anything) if you use this product? Any personal experiences?

With my FMIC blocking a good portion of my OEM radiator, and the tranny cooler blocking another part, I'd like to enhance cooling as much as possible.

VVT-I - do you know the typical mix that Lexus uses (Anti-freeze to water) in the SE area?

Oh, product info for those not familiar:
http://www.redlineoil.com/products_c...p?productID=53
http://www.redlineoil.com/products_c...coolantFlash=1

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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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We mixed 50/50,but with Toyota red anti-freeze. I think 50/50 is fine for SE.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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I've been considering using it as well now that some stores in Canada carry it. Fairly expensive for a small bottle but I've never even been over the half way point on my temperature guage anyways so I'm wondering if I should bother at all.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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i started to see a weird residue in my coolant tank, so i flushed it out to be safe. Never again will i be using WW with Toyota Red.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 12:28 PM
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If your temp gauge does not go over the half way mark I would not worry about WW.
Why fix something that is not broken?
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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If your temp gauge does not go over the half way mark I would not worry about WW.
Why fix something that is not broken?
It's preventative. With the supercharger on my GS it gets hotter than OEM, plus as I said above I've blocked off a good part of the radiator front with the intercooler and tranny cooler. Another member with a similar supercharger setup did a mountain drive (same as I'm going to do at the www.lexusdragon.com) recently and he had problems overheating. I'm going to be proactive and do everything I can to prevent that from happening to me.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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Originally posted by DaveGS4
It's preventative. With the supercharger on my GS it gets hotter than OEM, plus as I said above I've blocked off a good part of the radiator front with the intercooler and tranny cooler. Another member with a similar supercharger setup did a mountain drive (same as I'm going to do at the www.lexusdragon.com) recently and he had problems overheating. I'm going to be proactive and do everything I can to prevent that from happening to me.
Ooh Okay. I thought about adding it as well last month to my GS4 because it gets hot in the triple digits here in Texas. AC on everytime. Not only that the GS4 gets really hot compared to my ES, MDX and Ford truck. After I drive it for 30 minutes and park it in the garage, the garage gets soo hot compared to the other cars. I did a Google search on it last month, and I heard alot of good testimonies on it. I never really bothered to add because there are no mountains where I drive even when I drive to Florida and the needle never get past the half-way point.
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