[s-cars] Orange coolant

[Robert Rossato]

And there is now a purple coolant in the VAG lineup, which is called G12Plus.  I'm thinking it might be something that is formulated to be compatible with the old G11 blue stuff, but I haven't tried it and that is just my speculation so don't go mixing the two on my say so.  It may just be something better/different than the G12 and is still non-compatible with the original G11 (or Prestone, if that's what's there) coolant.  When in doubt, read the directions.

I switched over to G12 (red/pink) when I did the timing belt a couple of years ago.  It's a good opportunity since you have to dump most of the system anyway.  Before putting the front end back on I filled the system with water only and a gutted thermostat.  Ran it for a few minutes then drained.  Repeated a couple of times until I was confident that any remnants of the old coolant was diluted enough.  Then installed a thermostat and filled with pure coolant (only about 1/2 the coolant capacity drains out when you drain the radiator) and run engine to mix the coolant.

Bob

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Sean Douglas" <quattro20v at telus.net>
> I think you mean the reddish pink stuff (G12). As long as you flush out
> the bluish-green stuff (G11) then it should be fine. It may take a few
> flushing to get it all out though.
> 
> Sean
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Alvin Labonite
> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:34 AM
> > To: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> > Subject: [s-cars] Orange coolant
> > 
> > 
> > I know this is mostly used by the newer Audis but is it ok to 
> > run on our old 
> > cars? I though I read somewhere that we need to stay with the 
> > green one - 
> > OEM  of course. What do you guys think?
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Alvin
> > 95 Avant