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  1. 20th September 2014, 07:41 AM #1
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    coolant change

    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.

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  2. 21st September 2014, 01:01 PM #2
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    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.
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  3. 21st September 2014, 01:15 PM #3
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    Thanks Bacicat

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    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.
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  5. 21st September 2014, 04:06 PM #5
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    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 Guess where I'm going in the morning lol

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    Ouch! Never thought of getting it from BMW but LR only charged me $68 for a 4 litre concentrate.
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    That was earlier this year when I rang them,will ring again when they open and see what price they have this time.


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

    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.

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    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.

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    Coolant colour

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