Re: [DMCForum] Re: Radiator replacement?

[Andrei Cular <andreic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Read the contents of the container...  The coloring is just so shops can 
quickly id which product they are putting in the engine.  If it was 
anything else why could this blue stuff from VW have the exact same 
contents as the green prestone?

Andrei


ryanpwright wrote:

>>Don't worry about the color that is just for marketing
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>Actually, this isn't true, at least not in the states. I almost found
>this out the hard way. A friend of mine was buying antifreeze for his
>newer car. I've always used the green stuff because I've always worked
>on Fieros and older cars, and the orange stuff was like twice the
>price. I told him "Just get the green stuff."
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>It's a good thing he double-checked and didn't listen to me, because
>the orange coolant is a completely different formula. According to his
>research, putting the green coolant in his vehicle would destroy the
>cooling system and possibly the engine.
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>-Ryan
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>>Don't worry about the color that is just for marketing, I have 2gal of 
>>blue coolant and blue brake fluid sitting at home to put into my car.  
>>The important thing is to make sure that it does not contain
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>phosphate.  
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>>Phosphate will react with hard water and form scale inside your
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>engine.  
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>>On old American cast iron engines this was a good thing to protect it 
>>from rust and damage.  However the non-phosphate coolants have other 
>>rust and crosion inhibitors that are much more efficient.
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Andrei Cular
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