best liquid for wet box tranny
Submitted by Patto 1 on Sun, 2011-11-27 21:12
Gday all.im just in the final stages of installing a wetbox transducer and wondering what the best options are in regards to filling it up.i know theres been a bit posted before on it with a few different opinions.any advise be appreciated cheers in advance
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Lamby
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Good old salty sea water
Good old salty sea water Patto, easy to top up as required!
Patto 1
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yeh cheers lamby,had heard
yeh cheers lamby,had heard glycol also and oil,but salt water sounds the go bud
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Taffy
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Im using Green antifreeze
Im using Green antifreeze/ glycol
easy to see if you have any leakage, as mine is only sikaflexed in
wangler
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Ooh nasty stuff, just a heads up.
Ethylene glycol (IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol) is an organic compound widely used as an automotive antifreeze and a precursor to polymers. In its pure form, it is an odorless, colorless, syrupy, sweet-tasting liquid. Ethylene glycol is toxic, and ingestion can result in death. Ethylene glycol is not to be confused with diethylene glycol, a heavier ether diol, or with polyethylene glycol, a nontoxic polyether polymer.
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Agree
Agree with taffy glycol saltwater still has tiny particles floating in it
Paul G
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Salt water if fine just put
Salt water if fine just put some food colouring in then if you get a leak you will know.
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Tony Halliday
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Glycol anti-freeze, plaun
Glycol anti-freeze,
plaun sea water grows Algae in it and salt can form on dry areas.
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Algae would need sun light to
Algae would need sun light to grow,im guessing and unless there was evaporation then there should be no salt build up.I have had salt watern in it for a year know with no problems.
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Distilled water
I used Distilled water and put in food colouring and it works just fine.
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From the title I thought
From the title I thought this was going to be about a seedy trip to Thailand gone wrong.
But for boats, a mate just uses tap water / food coloring and adds a capful of pond-clear that he uses to keep his water feature clean.
If is IS about a bad Thailand experience, I suggest cyanide ......
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those model tranny's don't
those model tranny's don't have a wet box!
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........ yeah , but probably
........ yeah , but probably hold "bottom" @ Wide Open Throttle.