JohnEnglish

Is Ravenol the only company that makes pre-mixed G13 coolant? I had a look around and couldn't find anyone else who manufactured it (pre-mixed, I've found lots of companies that manufacture the concentrate).

Coolant, Antifreeze - RAVENOL LGC - C13 Premix (G13) - RAVENOL AMERICA LLC

JLoft

Why pre-mix? A 1.5 liter of Pentofrost G13 concentrate even at O'Reilly's is the same price. Or $12 a liter at the Audi dealer. Or a full gallon of G13 can be had for $30. That 1.5 liter of 50/50 is equivalent to paying $75 a gallon.

JohnEnglish

Yes, I know. I still want to buy a bottle of pre-mix.

synergize

One other thing about Pentofrost, you can mix colors and it will not harm the car according to the company that makes it. My car came with pink and I just added some Pentofrost in Violet, no problem whatsoever.

uberwgn

Aren't the VW and Audi dealers selling pre-mix now?

JohnEnglish

That's because it's G13 coolant. You can mix G13 coolant with G10, G11, G12, G12+, and G12++. It's fully backwards compatible.

JohnEnglish

​​​​The dealership didn't occur to me. I called the one near me and they sell a gallon of premix for $20.

uberwgn

There you go!

SMac770

The current 50/50 (to -35°C) G13 packaging by Audi (what they call "ready-mix") is G A13 774 M2 for 1.5 liter, G A13 774 1G DSP for 1 gallon, and G A13 774 S0 (but no idea what size it is, same price as 1G). Also G A13 040 M2 for a 1.5 liter of 40/60 (to -25°C). So you can look for it from a dealership or any of the normal sources for Audi parts.

JohnEnglish

Nice, thanks