Coolant Color

[Kneale Brownson]

That's different than the green stuff the original poster reported finding
in his car.  My understanding is that the orange extended life stuff should
only be used if you do a complete flush of all previous products from the
system.  Otherwise, it mixes with other types of antifreeze to form plugs.  


At 12:17 PM 6/13/2006 -0400, TooManyAudis at aol.com wrote:
> 
>Did I miss something?  Doesn't your link say that the extended Life  Prestone 
>is Phosphate, Silicate and Borate Free?
> 
>to wit:
> 
>For those consumers who would feel more comfortable using a phosphate-free  
>antifreeze, our _Prestone®  Extended Life 5/150 Antifreeze/Coolant_ 
>(http://www.prestone.com/products/antifreezeCoolant.php#extendedLife)  is 
>phosphate, 
>silicate, and borate  free. 
> 
>Where does it say that this formula contains small amounts of  phosphate?
> 
>I'm curious.,, And I've run the extended life orange formula for years and  
>hundreds of thousands of miles.  Don't know if it will run 150k, but does  
>fine 
>being replaced every 60k with the timing belt and waterpump.
> 
>-- Tom
>91 200q 20v for sale (some disassembly and reassembly required)
>88 80q still going strong
>
>Message:  2
>Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:18:44 -0500
>From: "Doug Yoder"  <audifan at zordok.net>
>Subject: Re: coolant color
>To:  brett at cloud9.net
>Cc: andy <trifox13 at covad.net>,  200q20v at audifans.com
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>On 6/13/06, Brett Dikeman  <brett at cloud9.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > I just got the  car back from a timing belt/water pump/etc repair
>> > from a  reputable audi shop, non dealer, and the coolant is green. I
>> >  called them when I noticed and they said that this car doesn't
>> >  require the more expensive G12 and a quality aftermarket is what
>> >  they have always used. This includes the owners S4 w/ a 20V engine.
>>  > Any thoughts or comments?
>>
>> Drain it and install the blue  stuff, and inform them that only
>> Pentosin is ACTUALLY phosphate and  silicate free.
>
>
>I usually read the "contents" section of the bottle  - *if* they bother to
>list it.  If they don't list contents, or if one  of the "ingredients" is a
>phosphate (hooray for chemistry!), I skip  it.
>
>It's not like you need to do it this second, day, week, or  even
>> month- but the "green stuff" is "low phosphate", even the stuff  that
>> claims to be phosphate FREE. If you don't believe me- check  out
>> Prestone's website where the slimeballs (pardon the pun) spin  a
>> wonderful tale about why they should be able to mis-label  "low"
>> phosphate coolant.
>
>
>Is this what you're talking  about?
>http://www.prestone.com/carcare/faq.php#q2
>I have to admit, it's  a pretty amusing answer.
>
>-Doug
>
>-- 
>Doug Yoder
>
>"Don't  tell me the sky's the limit - there's footprints on the  moon."
>
>
>
>
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