Stokie Dave
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Registered: 16th Dec 03
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Basically about a year ago I flushed out my coolant system and put pre mixed halfords stuff in... red summer coolant stuff, supposed last 5 yrs etc.
Anyway I've used all I had now and went in Halfords yest and it's gone up shitloads, 10 quid for 2 litres! Now I wanted stick to premixed saves trying mix my own. Was wondering if I'd be ok using similar stuff from a local motor factors or something in with the Halfords pre mixed stuff?
Cheers all,
Dave
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barneykarl
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Registered: 29th Jul 06
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Stick to what you have already put in, you can mix brands as long as they are the same type e.g glycol based ,acid based, eco bloody friendly based etc.
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Dave McB
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should be fine to mix brands, long as they r the same colour!
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shaun 16v
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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mix it mate as most anti freeze is mixable
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Stokie Dave
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Cool so if I aim for another red 'un it should be ok? I'll take note of what the label says on the old halfords one when I pick some new stuff up see if it's similar to hope tis a safe bet 
Unless I can get a mate with a trade card whos free before halfords shuts of course!
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Stokie Dave
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Been meaning to ask.. whats the diff between red and blue? I found a place which does premixed blue stuff for a quid a litre so could flush and start again easily enough but if the red stuffs better (sure someone said it lasts longer?) I may aswell stick to that maybe? lol
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Marshall
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The red/ pink stuff is OAT (organic acid technology) and generally lasts 5 years, whereas some normal Ethylene glycol antifreeze (blue/ green stuff) only last 2 years. generally OAT can be mixed with other OAT, but mixing OAT with blue stuff may react and make deposits of sludge in your cooling system.
I think the two types of coolant have similar anticorrosion, antifreeze, increased boiling point, and heat transfer properties, it just the lifespan that differs, so its entirely up to you.
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Stokie Dave
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Cheers for that info mate, I'm gonna have a look around for fairly priced red coolant today anyways and just keep to whats in there to save hassle lol.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Just stick some water in.
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