> Don't worry about the color that is just for marketing
Actually, this isn't true, at least not in the states. I almost found
this out the hard way. A friend of mine was buying antifreeze for his
newer car. I've always used the green stuff because I've always worked
on Fieros and older cars, and the orange stuff was like twice the
price. I told him "Just get the green stuff."
It's a good thing he double-checked and didn't listen to me, because
the orange coolant is a completely different formula. According to his
research, putting the green coolant in his vehicle would destroy the
cooling system and possibly the engine.
-Ryan
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrei Cular <andreic@xxxx> wrote:
> Don't worry about the color that is just for marketing, I have 2gal of
> blue coolant and blue brake fluid sitting at home to put into my car.
> The important thing is to make sure that it does not contain
phosphate.
> Phosphate will react with hard water and form scale inside your
engine.
> On old American cast iron engines this was a good thing to protect it
> from rust and damage. However the non-phosphate coolants have other
> rust and crosion inhibitors that are much more efficient.
>
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