Antifreeze vs Water Wetter

[Rob Petrie E395]

Even here in So IL I put antifreeze in everything. Last year there was a debate on another web site on using water wetter alone and RV antifreeze in the cooling system during the winter. I tried a little experiment in my outside storage building. I put tap water, RV antifreeze, and the water with water wetter that I drained out of one of my cars in seperate gallon jugs. Of course the water froze solid, but when it did the water wetter jug was almost frozen too, the RV antifreeze at one really cold spell got slushy which I understand now is somewhat normal but still OK according to the mfg. I know its not as cold here as it gets up north but thats what I found out in my test. My hope was that the water wetter would do ok then I would have one less thing to do to get ready for winter but it was not good enough for me to risk engine damage.