Author Topic: Can I use the green stuff? (Read 3666 times)

cube1980 · « **on:** July 16, 2008, 08:19:29 pm »

Well I went to get a coolant system flush tonight and was wondering if I have the right antifreeze in it. The stuff that was in it looked to be green and they put green stuff back in it. Am I ok with the green stuff. It's been driven with it for 20,000 km??

zukgod1 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2008, 09:16:58 pm »

I'm using green with Water wetter in it.
Working fine.

jtanguay · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2008, 09:20:52 pm »

what kind of motor? theres some special vw stuff for some of the newer motors, but the green should do fine. the 'special' coolant might last a bit longer (coolant turns acidic and starts to eat seals etc.. which is the main reason that it is flushed every 2 years)

79rabbit4dr · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2008, 01:52:04 pm »

I've got the same question. mine is a 81 n/a 1.6L. There was no coolant when I bought it so i just filled w/ regular pre-mixed 50/50 green anti-freeze. I hope I didn't eff everything up. Manual didn't say anything about special anti-freeze. :oops:

zukgod1 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2008, 02:15:10 pm »

As jtanguay stated, it will probably be ok as your suppose to flush the green stuff every couple years anyway.

jtanguay · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2008, 02:32:57 pm »

one coolant that looks promising is that new stuff that has the indicator right 'built in'. it changes colour when it turns acidic enough. that really makes it 'idiot proof' :lol: i've seen it at c-tire over here. there must be a similar product down in the states though.

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2008, 02:52:01 pm »

u can use what ever just gotta flush the system first. i use green because its cheaper and it tastes better

Turbinepowered · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:03:47 pm »

Quote from: "Trev0rbr"

u can use what ever just gotta flush the system first. i use green because its cheaper and it tastes better

I dunno, they've "idiot proofed" the green stuff we use at work. Says right on the bottle "Now tastes worse, to prevent swallowing!" :roll:

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:14:04 pm »

oooo thats why it tastes bad haha, everyone used to tell me not to taste it but if i did it tasted good, i had some drip in my mouth the one time and it was very bitter.

jtanguay · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:18:28 pm »

i dont think we humans are the problem.. its that animals just love the sweet taste... then about half hour later they turn up dead, or very very sick depending on how much they ingested. :lol:

FWD.MOTION · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:37:00 pm »

i had rats in the garage one fall and i set taps all over but the damn things just took the peanutbutter and ran before getting snapped....

I thought about it a while and left little buckets of antifreeze around with a piece of wood leading to it....

turned out the morning after all those bastards drown from crawling into the bucket for that sweet taist/smell!

Engine coolent.......check
-rat trap................. check

Black Smokin' Diesel · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2008, 04:24:04 pm »

I used the green stuff in all my VWs. They all ran well and temps were stable. Some people say it's bad for heater cores but VW heater cores already suck anyway...

vanagonturbo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2008, 08:42:43 pm »

The real question here is which is better. ethelyne glycol or propelyne glycol. sorry for the sp. I cant remember which off the top of my head as we use g11 or g12 antifreeze on all VWAG cars at the shop. One is bad for engines with aluminum heads and the other is not.

jimfoo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 18, 2008, 07:27:16 am »

Quote from: "jtanguay"

i dont think we humans are the problem.. its that animals just love the sweet taste... then about half hour later they turn up dead, or very very sick depending on how much they ingested. :lol:

There was a woman here that killed her husband with the stuff.

jimfoo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 18, 2008, 07:30:41 am »

Quote from: "vanagonturbo"

The real question here is which is better. ethelyne glycol or propelyne glycol. sorry for the sp. I cant remember which off the top of my head as we use g11 or g12 antifreeze on all VWAG cars at the shop. One is bad for engines with aluminum heads and the other is not.

I don't think one is worse than the other as long as they have the proper anti-corrosion additives. I am running Evans, which is undiluted propylene glycol with other stuff, and since it has no water, it is completely non-corrosive to any metal. The water is what causes it to be corrosive.

Author Topic: Can I use the green stuff? (Read 3666 times)

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