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antifreeze color #1477774 08/01/13 04:30 PM 08/01/13 04:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,444 NEW JERSEY D dynamite OP pro stock
dynamite OP pro stock D Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,444 NEW JERSEY	Any problem with mixing antifreeze colors?.. My daughter's Saturn has red color and I have a gallon of Peak antifreeze ( green ) that says on the bottle,for use with any make or model ...mix with any color antifreeze..OK to use it ??

Re: antifreeze color [Re: dynamite] #1477775 08/01/13 05:27 PM 08/01/13 05:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	Wen use the mix with any color anti freeze all the time. Just c don't use if it doesn't say works with any color

Re: antifreeze color [Re: dynamite] #1477776 08/01/13 05:41 PM 08/01/13 05:41 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,526 North Carolina cjskotni pro stock
cjskotni pro stock Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,526 North Carolina	Quote: Any problem with mixing antifreeze colors?.. My daughter's Saturn has red color and I have a gallon of Peak antifreeze ( green ) that says on the bottle,for use with any make or model ...mix with any color antifreeze..OK to use it ?? The antifreeze you have now in that Saturn is probably GM 'Dexcool' which is the orange kind (looks red if dirty). This antifreeze has well known issues with congealing and gumming up cooling systems....especially since it is supposedly '5 year' antifreeze. For the short term, I would say its ok to mix the orange and universal (yellow) types but I don't know if I would want to run it that way for the long term. I have heard people say never to mix anything with Dexcool and some that say it's fine to use the yellow kind...I am guessing it's somewhere in between. If it were my car, I'd confirm it uses Dexcool (store should be able to look it up or may be marked under the hood) and stick with that. oh yeah, and don't try to make it last 5 years in between flushes!

Re: antifreeze color [Re: dynamite] #1477777 08/01/13 06:04 PM 08/01/13 06:04 PM
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jglen490 mopar J Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 587 AL	Use the type recommended by the car manufacturer for the car's year. Going by color won't always work, and the "works with any kind" - doesn't. It's all about chemistry and metalurgy. If you have a custom/hot rod with parts from different sources, focus on the engine. When things go bad because of the wrong coolant, the engine is the hardest one to thoroughly clean out.

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