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06-06-2001, 04:44 PM

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I just bought today. It is $15 Is that cheaper?

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06-06-2001, 04:56 PM

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Audi Service at Palisades put green coolant in my car at the last service

it's green coolant -- I had the system flushed
and refilled... Did he screw up?

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06-06-2001, 05:02 PM

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No, there are G12 compatible coolants that are green.

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06-06-2001, 05:04 PM

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Worse yet, the non compliant coolants contain...

I think phosphates and sulphates that corrode aluminum.

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06-06-2001, 05:20 PM

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It's a '97 and above requirement only. Don't know what year your car is, but I see 12V, which half

of them used green. But I'm switching to the pink stuff because the orange stuff I bought at Kragen is crap.

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06-06-2001, 06:09 PM

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no! that's hydrolic fluid

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06-06-2001, 08:06 PM

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mine is a 96' - actual build date is 01/26/96 -- but I think my old coolant was pinkish.

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06-06-2001, 09:34 PM

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Found this in an old post....

...."You'll need to buy the proper kind which is compatible with Aluminium radiators. I'd use either the Halvoline Extended Life 5/150 (5 years of 150,000 miles which ever comes first) or the Prestone stuff the DEX-COOL certified crap..this is a GM spec for aluminum compatible long life radiator coolant. I've used both of these products and they work great.

What do you think?