Toyota Red Article

[RavenTai]

Speaking of coolant and red vs. green, can someone tell me what brand AND type of green coolant is safe to use? I know not to use the Dexcool / GL-5 stuff, but not what specifically is recommended if you're switching to green.

That is a good question, it used to be prestone green was the standard lots of silicate and phosphate corosion inhibitors, prestone does not make the green anymore, they now have a "Extended Life Antifreeze/Coolant" coolant with a gold/yellow color, I dont know much about it, is it the same stuff with just doffrent color dye or is there more to it? Prestones site does not give ay info

 

[alaskacruiser]

bump

 

[bpassmore]

If Green Procurement is your goal ....

This is not the place to pimp your products IMO. I did a quick look over your site, and you do not offer antifreeze/ boil over coolants in your product line. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

This is a thread on engine coolants, not metalworking coolants.

 

[CJF]

He's a spammer Brett.

Reported.

Oh, and I'd actually unquote his post from yours. Otherwise once the mod's delete his post he's still got free advertising from yours.

Curtis

 

[bpassmore]

Done... Thanks. (It looked almost like a potential vendor posting, so I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt.)

 

[photogod]

I have a 94 with a copper brass rad and I was told by my Toyota tech that the new extended red was fine to use in the truck. When I changed the fluid it was green. I really have no idea which is correct...

 

[Sporin]

Speaking of coolant and red vs. green, can someone tell me what brand AND type of green coolant is safe to use? I know not to use the Dexcool / GL-5 stuff, but not what specifically is recommended if you're switching to green.

My truck was an obvious mix of red and green when I got it, a very dark brown. I flushed and flushed and refilled with Peak green an distilled water. So far so good. Make sure to drain from the engine block as well as the rad and flush the heaters as well.

I used Peak as it was recommended in another thread, I'll try to find the link