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waterless coolant

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Seen on Wheeler Dealers last week they were using a waterless coolant, can I use this?
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this has been mentioned before,it may be in the wiki or the archive,I think ALL the water has to be drained from the system for this to work and it is pretty expensive,have been interested in this myself
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I remember it being mentioned before......
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Water with decent anti corrosion antifreeze is better in every way. Unless you want your engine to run hotter and your coolant to be inflammable.
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You'll also struggle to completely empty the system
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Our coolant is primarily a corrosion inhibitor.
Is waterless the same?
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I thought that coolant is primarily an anti-freeze additive that contains corrosion inhibitors.
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