Re: colors of coolant

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Rick's Law of Coolant Color:
COOLANT COLOR DOESN"T MATTER!

Rick's Corollary for Mineral Oil Can Cap Colors:
MINERAL OIL CAN CAP COLOR DOESN'T MATTER!

I should think what's in the damn bottle is what' important.  Colors and
cap colors change over time for many reasons and are NOT a reliable
indicator of contents, as the past few weeks have shown (again!).

<whew!> There, I feel better now... <g>

At 12:10 PM 10/5/1998 ,  G. Benedikt Rochow was inspired to say:
>  > I'm not sure what the pink stuff is, but the orange stuff that GM uses is 
>  > the long life coolant.   BEWARE - the orange coolant is NOT compatible 
>  > with green coolant.   Do not mix them.   The Orange coolant hasnly one 
>  > advantage - it lasts longer.   Other than that, the green coolant is
better.
>  > 
>  > I have seen the pink coolant.  I don't know anything about it though.
>  
>  What about the blue coolant I just bought from the local Audi
>  dealer, then?
>  (I specified coolant for an '84 5000S, and that is what I got -
>  Autobahn brand)

Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q - <insert pithy witticism here>
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally