Anti Freeze

[David.Ullrich at ferguson.com]

As long as you do a good flush (including block) there is not reason you cannot use the Pink G12 coolant. Both the Pink G-12 and the orange/red stuff that should be in you car now are phosphate free and safe for aluminum. But the pink stuff is WAY expensive and has no real benefit. Why switch? OH, BTW, you can actually use good old green Prestone too. It's not the phosphate itself that hurts. When phosphate mixes with the minerals in tap water, the minerals will  be deposited onto the radiator. The key is to use only DISTILLED water if using the green stuff. But once again, I see no advantage to using the green stuff. The correct orange/red stuff is pretty cheap, easy to find (Prestone Long Life is a perfect example) and can go a LONG time between flushings...

Dave
1987 Coupe GT Special Build - Anthracite Black
1998 VW Passat GLS 1.8T mit UPsolute (for sale, cheap)


-----Original Message-----
From: ccohen5 [mailto:ccohen5 at compuserve.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:18 AM
To: armanmik at n-jcenter.com; qlist; urq-request at audifans.com
Subject: Anti Freeze


In your opinion, or have you seen anything to the contrary, can we use the
new pink stuff in the I5 engines.  Is it better or worse in an all
aluminum/ium environment.  Does it improve or inhibit cooling by changing
its heat absorption capacity??

I believe the pink stuff is installed for life, true?

Colin