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  1. 15th February 2010, 08:35 PM #1
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    coolant

    what is the correct coolant to be using in a td5
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  2. 15th February 2010, 08:46 PM #2
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    Good question,a search on this site is your friend.

    Specified coolant is OAT,the red stuff,other guys who are LR specialists swear by the best green coolant available,such as Valvoline G5,i think it's called.

    Good luck
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  3. 15th February 2010, 08:53 PM #3
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    OAT the red stuff is what the manual says (2001) td5..I changed my coolant to tectaloy 90 plus about 50,000ks ago and have had no dramas so far..

    You have to completely flush the system if you change coolant as I was told they wont mix..

    Cheers Ean
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    I'm using the Nulon Red OAT coolant in my 04 Td5 ... so far at 130k no problems. When I drained and flushed it at 120k what I could see of the inside of the cooling system (and at a later top hose change), was as clean as a whistle. Spotless.

    Seems to be readily available at K-Mart & Supercheap. Around $40-45 for 5L concerntrated (mix 50/50 to make 10L)

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    Any OAT coolant will be fine, regardless of the colour, I like the pink stuff myself as its easy to see in the tank and when its leaking lol........
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    I think my LR mechanic changed mine to Tectaloy Xtra Cool Gold (Green Coolant) when I had all of the coolant leaks fixed and the radiator flushed.
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    thanks everyonr for your help
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  8. 19th February 2010, 09:04 AM #8
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    Save your cash...

    GO to a CAT dealer....

    CAT ELC - $70.00 for 20 litres and its the same product that the stealer sells.
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    hitachi dealers too, infact any other place that services vehicles that run mack or cat engines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie2 View Post
    Save your cash...

    GO to a CAT dealer....

    CAT ELC - $70.00 for 20 litres and its the same product that the stealer sells.

    The ELC is a little strong even in 50/50. Spoke to the head tech at Westrac today. Aparently its a little too agressive on aluminium components, and Cat engines have very little in them.
    Also, the rubber components and seals are essentially Viton. Any seal not Viton will suffer with ELC even though its OK with normal OAT coolant.
    Plus, any cooling system with any scale, not that it should as this is what OAT stops being Organic Acid, the ELC will remove it and again particularly with ally, start to erode it and end up clogging the radiator.
    I actually had the same idea as I have about 700L of the stuff in the workshop. Add this to the Mobil Delvac 1 I have on pump, I have all my fluids sorted!
    Going to contact MTU Detroit Monday and see how the Series 60 coolant stacks up as I got a healthy volume of this too!

    Cheers

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