My car was low on coolant so I grabbed some Peak 50/50 premixed coolant (green stuff) from ACE and put that in. Later I wondered if our cars take a particular type of coolant and got worried. Is that going to be alright or do I need to get my system flushed and replaced with another type? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Yeah, you want either G12/G12Plus or Dexcool pink.

 

It's cool. (pun intended)

 

Only use G12. Bentley man. says it can cause serios harm to engine, (I think this may be a little extreme). You should only mix with G12 or G11- which is a phosphate free coolant.
If you haven't drained and refilled your coolant within the past two years it's time.
I use G12 and then add Water Wetter.
My understanding is this, if you add coolant and it changes the color of the G12 then it's not correct. I took a sample and mixed with Water Wetter and it was fine.

 

Is it okay to drive until I get it into the dealer on Monday?

 

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"Lift the hood of a new Ford vehicle and you're likely to see a yellow coolant in the overflow jug and an interesting label on it. In pictorial language it says "Do not use orange coolant; yellow coolant is okay."

Sounds pretty straightforward, right? It isn't. Lift the hood of another Ford product (in this case, a Taurus with the pushrod V6) and you'll see that same label, but the jug contains orange coolant. Wait a minute. Something clearly is very wrong. It cautions "don't use orange," but the factory-installed coolant is orange.

Lift the hood of a Chrysler product and you'll see orange coolant in the jug and a "special engine coolant only" warning on the cap. Isn't DexCool the special coolant, and isn't it orange? Yes to both questions, but Chrysler Group says don't use DexCool in its products. It's confusing, to say the least.

The basic answers to what coolant to use where, and when, are pretty simple, but when you go past that, you're getting into some pretty complex territory. And you have to know what coolant you're dealing with to be sure you're doing no harm.

Longtime MOTOR readers know that the color of the coolant dye really is meaningless. Dye should help you spot a leak, but that's about it. But with these seemingly contradictory warning labels, you really need a basic understanding of what's been happening with coolant formulations and colorings."
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"Top up with DexCool in GM and VW/Audi vehicles. For these applications, use DexCool because that's in accordance with factory coolant formula recommendations. Sure, the vehicle probably will be out of warranty by the time you get it and have to make a decision. But the OE recommendation is the safe way to go, and because you can easily obtain a DexCool, it's a no-brainer."<ul><li><a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3828/is_200408/ai_n9453107#continue">http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3828/is_200408/ai_n9453107#continue</a</li></ul>

 

I thought about using it years ago until I saw some of the results of it with G12. Why does that happen? thanks. cheers! Mike

 

Lab analysis indicate the globules are indeed congealed brain cells.

 

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Watter Wetter mixed with G12