Thread: another OAT coolant brand

Originally Posted by Robbo

I think you will find that many dealers actually use Meg 95 as there standard Coolant for Land Rover Services.

Yes the standard coolant for LR Service is an OAT coolant, and from what I can see Meg 95 isn't an OAT coolant.

Plus it's recommended for Peugeot - which is FRENCH --- pah

Originally Posted by ladas

Yes the standard coolant for LR Service is an OAT coolant, and from what I can see Meg 95 isn't an OAT coolant.

Plus it's recommended for Peugeot - which is FRENCH --- pah

it says here it is????
http://www.prixmax.com/meg95.html

Originally Posted by crump

it says here it is????
http://www.prixmax.com/meg95.html

Thanks Steve, hand't found that link.

I stand corrected - but the French still recommend it - pah

Originally Posted by crump

...$5 freight....use them twice a year...

I wish... minimum freight cost from Darwin is $45 for anything on the barge.

Use them all the time... I think it's called a "monopoly".

Originally Posted by ladas

Dunno how far Darwin is

Way off to the west somewhere...put my signature into Google Earth. Also chemicals attract a higher freight cost than standard goods so probably at least $60 in freight.

MSDS for the Caltex ELC reads the same as the CAT ELC so I'm guessing they are the same.

Meg95 and Nulon RLL, I am assuming, are identical as the Nulon states it can be used to top up a system filled with Meg95. No MSDS for Meg95 (that I can find) and the Nulon RLL does differ to the Toyota LLC MSDS however I suspect the products are not dissimilar as both contain additional additives in minor proportions to the Caltex ELC.

What ever I do I'm going to have to flush the system and I'm up for $90+ of premix coolant. Hate paying for H2O but no other option.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

MSDS for the Caltex ELC reads the same as the CAT ELC so I'm guessing they are the same.

Meg95 and Nulon RLL, I am assuming, are identical as the Nulon states it can be used to top up a system filled with Meg95. No MSDS for Meg95 (that I can find) and the Nulon RLL does differ to the Toyota LLC MSDS however I suspect the products are not dissimilar as both contain additional additives in minor proportions to the Caltex ELC.

What ever I do I'm going to have to flush the system and I'm up for $90+ of premix coolant. Hate paying for H2O but no other option.

Just worked out where you are - now that is a little isolated. Understand the issue with the freight a little more now

Now I went through this with Crump the other day - mistakenly as I thought he was using pre-mix.

The problem is when you 'drain' the TD5 - you cannot get all the water out, - in fact you can only get about just over half out. So by topping up with 50/50 premix - will end up with you having about a 25 - 30% mix.

It's pretty much the same with the V8.

So when I do mine, I drain what I can, flush with clean water - then blow the remaining water out with either an air line (low psi) or nitrogen.

I also remove the heater hoses - and blow the heater matrix out seperately.

Obviously when you are using undiluted you can just drain, flush, then add the measured amount of undiluted - then top up with water.

I know it's a bit of a fuddle - but knowing the problems caused by poor coolants, I think it's worth the effort getting all the old stuff out.

The other thing is that if you don't know what coolant is in it already - it's unwise to mix them - so I would suggest a full change/flush.

Actually I do know what coolant is in it. The original LR supplied! However that said OEM means anything and any brand sometimes also its nearly 4 years old. So time to replace it!

I think I will see if CAT can get in the non-premix version of their coolant but I suspect it will be only in 20L or 205L drums (slightly more than required) the same as the premix version.

What I might do is 2 or 3 changes so that I flush the system well the first time then refill, bleed and run the car for a day before repeating. At least I'll have enough spare to do this and it will mean I will effectively remove the previous coolant over a short time frame.