Autobahn Blue anti-freeze needs a replacement

[Brett Dikeman]

At 12:02 PM -0800 3/18/03, Al S wrote:
>I am sure this has been brought up before, but is there a cheaper
>replacement for ol’ blue that gives as good or better protection.
>I know there are some good no-phosphate anti-freezes out there.

The phosphate-free coolants either a)aren't "really" phosphate free(I
love truth in advertising) or b)use silicates, known to cause
problems with things like water pumps.  Both work on the concept of
"coat everything with ____, then it won't rust".

If you want something 'really' different, there's Evans NPG+ coolant;
it's expensive, but lifetime coolant, and you're pretty much
guaranteed to never have a corrosion related failure after you
switch.  Their NPG was completely incompatible with newer Audis with
thin-tube radiators(ie, all the front-mounted radiators), dunno about
NPG+(which is supposedly thinner.)

>It is time to replace my coolant and I went to the dealer yesterday,
>thinking it was going to cost me the $11.00 USD that I spent a couple of
>years ago. NOT!!!, $18.00 USD. Talk about sticker shock. This isn’t oil, is
>it?

$18/bottle?!?  Holy cow.

Get it from someone like Scott (www.sjmautotechnik.com).  I think I
paid about $7/bottle(not including shipping- I was getting a slew of
other parts at the same time.)

Brett
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