WHICH Coolant?

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205gtinut

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957 posts

204 months

Thursday 20th November 2008
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I'm about to carry out a coolant change on my 1990 1.6 '5. But which coolant should I use, green or pink?? There doesn't seem to be any colour in there at the moment, hence why I want to flush the 'water' out and put fresh coolant/anti-freeze in. I've tried researching on other forums but there seems to be conflicting info. I've got some green 'Renault' anti-freeze, any good?

At the risk of opening up a fresh debate, any advice would be appreciated. Cheers

Edited by 205gtinut on Thursday 20th November 13:20

skinny

5,269 posts

242 months

Thursday 20th November 2008
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use either, it's good practise to do a full flush between each change anyway.

i use pink, others use green. don't think i've heard of any probs with either.

the pink is good for 5 years tho, mine's been in for 3 and no probs at all, i've drained it 3 times so far and it still looks fresh and clean.

MX-5 Lazza

7,954 posts

226 months

Thursday 20th November 2008
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Phil from Performance 5 recommended Comma Extreme Green to me but bear in mind my cooling needs are a bit greater than most smile

205gtinut

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957 posts

204 months

Thursday 20th November 2008
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Cheers for that, think I will plump for the green stuff, and just change it more regular. wink

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

205 months

Thursday 20th November 2008
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Ethylene Glycol coolant is Ethylene Glycol whatever colour it is, just remember to either buy pre mixed or distilled water if you buy concentrate. Myself Halford summer coolant, bright pink for me.

swansea v6

1,281 posts

232 months

Thursday 20th November 2008
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I used the pink stuff from halfords, works perfectly well although one thing to note is the heater runs considerably cooler since I changed it??

matt uk

17,955 posts

207 months

Thursday 20th November 2008
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I used the pink stuff from Halfords as well. Says that it is particularly good for aluminium engines.

Still got the turkey baster in the garage as well... hehe