Thread: another OAT coolant brand

Originally Posted by crump

2 hour drive, so thats 4 return, and a day off work, which I just had to go to the Sunny Coast to get all this gear and couldnt get the Nulon gear there or in Gympie.

Crump, that's not isolated. I have to get everything in by air or sea, as freight, if it isn't available in town.

yeh I know I'm not that badly off, but its still a PITA.

When going over the Disco yesterday I noticed my coolant level was down. After 4 years I though time to replace it then. Off to the (singular) local parts place.

No O.A.T. coolant (labeled as such). Going to have to do a bit of research cause the alternative is to get in a 20L drum of Castrol SF-O concentrate for about $200 + $50 in freight

Here's the options I have (and this is going to get some good responses ):
1. Use Genuine Toyota Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed for about $30/4L
2. Use Genuine Nissan Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed for about $30/4L
3. Use Caterpillar Extra Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed $92/20L

At this stage all I can tell you is all three are a red coloured coolant. Need to research some more as to suitability. Go to say the thought of putting Genuine Toyota or Nissan stuff in a Land Rover is kind of obscene.

Now you can all try and work out what remote really means

i think the wrench at work thought the Cat coolant was OAT.

I've got the MSDS for Toyota and CAT so next step is to compare with a known O.A.T. coolant.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

When going over the Disco yesterday I noticed my coolant level was down. After 4 years I though time to replace it then. Off to the (singular) local parts place.

No O.A.T. coolant (labeled as such). Going to have to do a bit of research cause the alternative is to get in a 20L drum of Castrol SF-O concentrate for about $200 + $50 in freight

Here's the options I have (and this is going to get some good responses ):
1. Use Genuine Toyota Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed for about $30/4L
2. Use Genuine Nissan Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed for about $30/4L
3. Use Caterpillar Extra Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed $92/20L

At this stage all I can tell you is all three are a red coloured coolant. Need to research some more as to suitability. Go to say the thought of putting Genuine Toyota or Nissan stuff in a Land Rover is kind of obscene.

Now you can all try and work out what remote really means

my point exactly, but you obviously have regular freight services, we have ****ant little couriers who cant be bothered picking up a bottle of oil or such and getting $5 freight. They also wont let you have an acc. as they know your only going to use them twice a year, too much paperwork.Then you ring Supercheap, Autopro etc,... in Bundy and ask the nerd behind the counter have you got OAT coolant, he has no idea what your talking about and sends you the wrong stuff anyway, and then they wont take it back, had it happen too many times over the years, so yeh, I'm not as remote as some, but if this was a mine town at least the big transport companys would be including it in their run.Classic example, there is no freight link from here to the Sunny coast, period, one train a week but try and get a retailer in Brissy to send you something on rail, bus service no longer exists, the list goes on, and as I said before its a PITA, bigtime.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

I've got the MSDS for Toyota and CAT so next step is to compare with a known O.A.T. coolant.

Material Safety data sheets, doncha love em.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

When going over the Disco yesterday I noticed my coolant level was down. After 4 years I though time to replace it then. Off to the (singular) local parts place.

No O.A.T. coolant (labeled as such). Going to have to do a bit of research cause the alternative is to get in a 20L drum of Castrol SF-O concentrate for about $200 + $50 in freight

Here's the options I have (and this is going to get some good responses ):
1. Use Genuine Toyota Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed for about $30/4L
2. Use Genuine Nissan Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed for about $30/4L
3. Use Caterpillar Extra Long Life Coolant. Comes premixed $92/20L

At this stage all I can tell you is all three are a red coloured coolant. Need to research some more as to suitability. Go to say the thought of putting Genuine Toyota or Nissan stuff in a Land Rover is kind of obscene.

Now you can all try and work out what remote really means

Do you have a Caltex agent/depot near you.

They do a OAT coolant, I was quoted 137.00 / 20 ltrs and it is the concentrate, not pre-mix

It's the one recommended for Caterpiller - so might be the same.

Have a look at

http://www.caltex.com.au/products_sp...ail.asp?id=319

Dunno how far Darwin is, but have a look at

Northern Territory

Facility typeNameAddressTelephone/FacsimileCaltex Darwin TerminalDinah Beach Road
Darwin NT 0801Ph: (08) 8981 9452
Fax: (08) 8941 1767

Try these