Coolant Top-Offs

[Grant Lenahan]

dex-cool has a very bad rap when mixed, although technically it can be. It can form a goo i'm told.

I would not.

Grant
On Jul 23, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Dan DiBiase wrote:

> So I had to top-off the coolant in my son's 2003 Jetta today (1.8T) - and I went 
> to my local FLAPS and bought the
> Pentosin G12 at $23 for 1.5 liter container (!). Did a little research and came 
> across this article -
> 
> http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/products/1272436
> 
> Key sentence seems to be this one (referring to Havoline Dex-Cool and Prestone 
> Extended Life orange coolant) -
> 
> "The two orange extended-life antifreezes are compatible with each other, with 
> what's factory-fill in GM cars and the 
> 
> '99 Mercury Cougar, and with the pink in VW/Audi cars."
> 
> Is anyone using either of these coolants in their Audi or VW?
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
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Grant Lenahan
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