At the autozone - is this the right stuff?
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At the autozone - is this the right stuff?
Got the feared “COOLANT LEVEL LOW” red warning light this morning (strangely, it went away after a minute of driving). Since it’s Sunday, autozone is my only option.
move heard of green and orange, but pink coolant? Is this correct, or do I wait a day and go to a jag parts department for this? Is there some kind of unobtanium in our antifreeze?
thanks...
move heard of green and orange, but pink coolant? Is this correct, or do I wait a day and go to a jag parts department for this? Is there some kind of unobtanium in our antifreeze?
thanks...
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I had that warning once, as you note when the liquid heats up and expands the warning goes away, which in itself told me it was borderline low. From my recollection I only needed a minor amount so I topped it off with distilled water. Probably sacrilege to some of the car worshippers but hey, I am just a rube from the backwoods of Florida who grew up running around with no shirt or shoes. So such things are expected of me.
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You DO NOT want to mix different coolants, bad things happen. DEXCOOL is the correct OAT coolant for the last 20+ years, HOAT is NOT and is used by many German marques.
This is another OAT coolant, was $7 a gallon last year buy EVERYTHING is going up...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tec...llon/654563748
This is another OAT coolant, was $7 a gallon last year buy EVERYTHING is going up...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tec...llon/654563748
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Thanks as always. I always appreciate what I learn here.
But how did this become a rabbit hole?? (Read four threads on this on this forum alone.) What happened to "green or orange?" What happened to being able to just buy a gallon at the gas station? And pink? What the hell's pink?
FYI, Part one:
Went to the prestone website. Here's what they recommend for my car:
https://prestone.com/vehicle/?years=...ers=0&liters=0
Which is not available anywhere. What I bought:
https://www.autozone.com/antifreeze-...lon/672816_0_0
FYI, Part Two: the Autozone website recommends four products:
- PEAK antifreeze European Cars - pink
- Prestone premixed Dex-cool - Orange
- Prestone antifreeze European vehicles - pink
- Prestone anitfreeze Universal - color unknown
Which is closest to what's in there? No clue.
But how did this become a rabbit hole?? (Read four threads on this on this forum alone.) What happened to "green or orange?" What happened to being able to just buy a gallon at the gas station? And pink? What the hell's pink?
FYI, Part one:
Went to the prestone website. Here's what they recommend for my car:
https://prestone.com/vehicle/?years=...ers=0&liters=0
Which is not available anywhere. What I bought:
https://www.autozone.com/antifreeze-...lon/672816_0_0
FYI, Part Two: the Autozone website recommends four products:
- PEAK antifreeze European Cars - pink
- Prestone premixed Dex-cool - Orange
- Prestone antifreeze European vehicles - pink
- Prestone anitfreeze Universal - color unknown
Which is closest to what's in there? No clue.
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Oh, and Larger Issue: that reservoir tank was EMPTY. I ended up dumping in about a quart. And now that I'm noticing it, yeah the car smells like coolant when I shut it off...
I have no intention of selling the car (though now would be the time to do it), but I remember this happened with my old SL500 at about the 130,000 mile mark. Issues just started appearing. Tie rods,oil tubes... when I ended up with a cracked power steering pump, which is one big assembly and not a cheap job, I decided to let the next guy do it.
I have no intention of selling the car (though now would be the time to do it), but I remember this happened with my old SL500 at about the 130,000 mile mark. Issues just started appearing. Tie rods,oil tubes... when I ended up with a cracked power steering pump, which is one big assembly and not a cheap job, I decided to let the next guy do it.