I would like to know what type of coolant I need for a 1998 Jaguar Vanden Plas

I am a poor Jag owner and cant afford dealers brand coolant

Please help and Thank You

 

Welcome to the forum Faithglow02,

I've moved your question from XF and XFR ( X250 ) to X308 forum. This is the place to post technical questions about your model.

Graham

 

That's a can of worms for some here. I'd say check what color you currently have & stick with it. As opposed to mixing the green & orange types. The orange(extended life) dealer recommended variant is now available @ budget prices almost everywhere.

 

I've used Prestone Dexcool (orange colored extended-life) with no problems. It's cheap and pretty much available anywhere in the U.S. Currently using Pentofrost SF (pink colored extended-life) which is harder to get in my area and a little more expensive. I agree with Charles about not mixing green coolant with other colors. If your car has been retrofitted back to the old green coolant, stick with that unless you're willing to do a full flush to get all the green out (I had to do that with my car).

 

The problem is that modern coolants come in all colours of the rainbow and intermixing them is usually a big mistake.

Unless the exact type (ignore the colour of what's in there now) is known, you'd be better off dumping and flushing, followed by filling with the type recommended in the owners manual. No need to buy Jag coolant it's simply a readily available rebranded product. Nothing special.

 

The actual spec is Ford WSS-M97B44-D. You can pick it up from ford or Prestone Dex-cool has the same specification.