coolant change

[disco gazza]

Am about to give my beast a service and am wondering which coolant to use.
OAT or the Blue. At the moment is looks a yellowish colour,was darker before(red).

Reason is when I go to work in the afternoon I dont hear the fan running.On my way home around midnight,when I get up to 70ks+ it starts running and the gauge is only just on the quarter mark.It stays running until I get down below 70ish again.

Or could it be a another problem that I havent come across yet.

Thanks

cheers

[Homestar]

Last time I looked into this I couldn't get a straight answer, so I ended up lashing out and getting the OEM Blue coolant to be sure.

[disco gazza]

Thanks Bacicat

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[harlie]

What ever you put in it, make sure you flush the old stuff out properly. Having a mix is when you are likely to have issues.

The blue OEM stuff is very good. I did a thermostat recently and the inside of the housing looks brand new after 10 years.

[disco gazza]

Yeah will be flushing it out good before i put new in it. Rang a bmw dealer and asked how much for blue coolant...he said $18.50. Its concentrate LR wanted $150 :eek: Guess where I'm going in the morning lol

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[Homestar]

Ouch! Never thought of getting it from BMW but LR only charged me $68 for a 4 litre concentrate.

[disco gazza]

That was earlier this year when I rang them,will ring again when they open and see what price they have this time. :D


cheers

[disco gazza]

Rang BMW and LR and now they say that the coolant is all GREEN. :censored:

So I'm going down to my friendly LR dealer whose price is $115 for 5 ltrs.

One very confused boy here,will ask them when they changed coolant from blue to green when I get there.

cheers

[jsp]

I used the Nulon blue, about 35 bucks at supercheap for a 5 litre concentrate.

Ran the car with a mix of what ever blue stuff was in it and some nulon for about 20k before getting to a full flush and replace.

Hopefully its ok stuff, been in there for about 60k now.

[Boxpacker]

Hi Gazza
I only have used green and never had an issue with it
Boxpacker

[harlie]

Hi Gazza
I only have used green and never had an issue with it
Boxpacker

Exactly which green? These coolants vary in chemical ingredients from brand to brand even though they are the same colour – all greens aren’t equal. Same with all the other colours, the blues vary between brands, so does red. Secondly, any possible issues are going to be long kept – you don’t know if there are any issues with metals and that coolant until something springs a leak in several years time.

If we read the makeup of the factory blue stuff (posted up here somewhere in a tech bulletin), then go and have a read on some websites we see that some brands are a match with their green, some brands are with their blue. And what is very clear is they differ a lot between each other in the same colour.

The issue with mixing different product comes from mixing in the chemical ingredients. If they don’t like each other you end up with an acidic mix that will really attack the metals. You may be lucky where there is no issue; you would probably not see any signs for many miles if there is an issue – just best to give a full flush unless you know exactly what was in there before you started.

[disco gazza]

The stuff I got only has " LANDROVER Antifreeze Coolant" on the front.
On the back it has a BIG X and Harmful in 20 odd languages.Then below that it has in EN; Contains ETHANE-1.2-DIOL. harmfull if swallowed.

Right down the bottom it has Landrovers address in Gaydon + phone number and email.

I think I got the right one.:p:D

cheers