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I have been reading up on coolant but it's not clear which colour or type is specified.
I bought the blue silicate 50/50 ready mixed with 2 year life but I'm reluctant to use it. Now I think the OAT red stuff with 5 year life is better suited.
The stuff I have in at the moment looks green but I was going to flush it anyway. Halfords didn't have a green coolant otherwise I would have just done like for like.
OAT is what I have in mine, if you change the anti-freeze type then make sure that you flush the system through properly first. The two types don't mix well.
Rhinoman wrote: OAT is what I have in mine, if you change the anti-freeze type then make sure that you flush the system through properly first. The two types don't mix well.
I think I will go for the OAT, the green stuff in there now must be oat but I will flush it anyway.
Weird one this. I can't find what type to use in the handbook for the car. However, my car is 2007 and was bought from a Suzuki main dealer and is filled with the Red/Pink antifreeze.
fozzie wrote: Weird one this. I can't find what type to use in the handbook for the car. However, my car is 2007 and was bought from a Suzuki main dealer and is filled with the Red/Pink antifreeze.
It is a weird one! as I've heard different accounts of using silicate, oat, phosphate or even one that was phosphate and silicate.
Maybe it doesn't matter too much but just wanted to be careful as I don't want to harm the materials the cooling system is constructed of. Either way I will be sure to flush it well as mixing can cause congealing and block the system.
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