silly question

[amv8beauty]

My AMV8 is stating that the engine coolant is low.

does anyone know what is the preferable engine coolant to use.

Many Thanks

[bogie]

It might not be - mine did this repeatedly and it was a £20 coolant header tank sensor ...its quite exposed to corrosion it seems

wait until engine is cold
top up with coolant to the top (it is quite sensitive it seems to level...just a few mm under and it can set the light off)

drive it around next day, and keep checking ...if the light comes back on ,wait until cold, recheck and you find its still full...its the sensor

[3200gt]

Engine coolant 50% water, 50% Havoline OAT
Do not mix OAT anti-freeze with glycol based antifreeze

Thats what my DB9 owners manual says. page 13.11 in the section "specifications"

[Good Soil (Pete)]

amv8beauty said:

My AMV8 is stating that the engine coolant is low.

does anyone know what is the preferable engine coolant to use.

Many Thanks

A silly question would have been 'Do you think I should top it up?'

[revs88]

Hi Guys,

I would appreciate some help as I'm struggling finding the right engine coolant for my AMV8.

The AMV8 manual under 12.12 says I need:
"Engine coolant 50% water, 50% Havoline OAT" - Which is fine...Halfords Advanced appears to tick the box.

However....

"Do not mix OAT anti-freeze with glycol based antifreeze" - which is proving difficult as all OAT coolant I can find has Ethylene Glycol in it.

I would welcome your advice.

Cheers, Richard

[tony russell]

"Typically OAT antifreeze contains an orange dye to differentiate it from the conventional glycol-based coolants (green or yellow). Some of the newer OAT coolants claim to be compatible with all types of OAT and glycol-based coolants; these are typically green or yellow in color (for a table of colors, see [13]"

It would appear that OAT antifreeze has a longer life ( 5 years) as opposed to normal ethylene glycol antifreeze so mixing the two will only lower the antifreeze life.

i would still check with AM forst though


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