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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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6.0 PSD Coolant

Is there a special coolant that these rig's take or is it just good ole' 50/50 mix???
 
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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It's the orange/yellow/gold---not the green stuff

VW uses pink (corrosive with anything else)

BMW is blue.

I saw universal mix in autozone that was supposed to go both ways .
that's all we ever used in the autobody business for our repairs.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
It's the orange/yellow/gold---not the green stuff

VW uses pink (corrosive with anything else)

BMW is blue.

I saw universal mix in autozone that was supposed to go both ways .
that's all we ever used in the autobody business for our repairs.
You would in Austin.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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Open mouth insert foot--after I read what I wrote I went--OH DUH, BLONDE!!

I meant those were the 4 kinds of antifreeze we ever used--green, yellow, pink or blue---didn't mean that all we ever used was the universal. I hadn't seen that til I came down here.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
Open mouth insert foot--after I read what I wrote I went--OH DUH, BLONDE!!

I meant those were the 4 kinds of antifreeze we ever used--green, yellow, pink or blue---didn't mean that all we ever used was the universal. I hadn't seen that til I came down here.
So your saying your blonde
 
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Tim Lamkin
So your saying your blonde
mmmmmmm....NO

I was struck by the lamkinese disease momentarily
 
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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 09:07 AM
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I'm due for the 30k coolant flush...
Can I drain and fill it (is this something I can do... )
or does it REALLY need power flushing ???

which, where, and how much is the coolant ?
 
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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by jdadamsjr
I'm due for the 30k coolant flush...
Which 30K coolant flush is that?! This pee-colored antifreeze is supposed to be good for 100K, with no additives or anything.

Duncan
 
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it is the one that cost 30k
 
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 07:12 AM
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Actually, I was surprised how cheap the coolant was from the dealer - it wasn't all jacked up like their filter prices! I think I paid around $8 a gallon. And there's a Zerex equivalent you can buy at your parts store if even that's too much for you. (I had a little "oops" when I was removing my defective lower radiator hose clamp to put a real one on there, so I needed a couple of gallons of the stuff...)

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