koukifc3s

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hey,
I heard that only green coolant shoudl but used.
Now Prestone has that coolant that can be used intead of all the colors, whether it is green, yellow pink etc...
Now would that be ok to use in my car? Id think they had to put additives to make it compatible with all the cars.
Thanks

boosted1205

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You should never mix different coolants. The green is the standard Eg coolant and others in red, pink, purple etc are additives added for extended service.
I assume color needs to be standard to keep consumers from being confused what is what and that coolants don't become mixed .
Mixing them will have somewhat a chemical reaction. You have to remember, when Mazda did long term tests on these motors, ethylene glyco was used and you should stick with that. Never use Dexcool.
There are also Propylene Glycol which is non toxic and safer than Eg if you prefer that. Whatever you do, don't mix any colant that is extended service and regular green coolant.
Contrary to what some poeple believe, using more coolant does NOT add cooling capabilities. Colder regions need more coolant to keep it from icing and warmer regions need just enough to keep materials from rusting and to keep it lubed.
I use 20% mineral water and 70% coolant.
Follow directions.

koukifc3s

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well the bottle says you can do that
from their website




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Now it doesnt seem that they sell the regular one anymore.

Is this ok to use? I will flush my system and use only that coolant

shiroFC

I just put that in my fc a few weeks ago. No major problems yet (except the heater core is friggin leaking, which i wouldnt attribute to the coolant).

steve84GS TII

Ive been running the yellow/gold Prestone stuff in my TII engine for years.Same extended service antifreeze thats in new Fords.
Pretty warm here so I run about 70% water and 30% coolant with waterwetter added for extra corosion protection.Ive never been much impressed with Dexcool,it seems to leave a lot of crusty sh*t behind,plus almost all our Chevy trucks at work have developed coolant leaks in the last couple years.....hmmm....

RETed

Use REGULAR coolant.
STAY AWAY FROM DEXCOOL.
In fact, STAY AWAY from ANY extended life coolant.
Shame on you trying to get cheap with cooling system maintenance.
The 13B is very sensitive to cooling system condition.
You really should be flushing and changing the coolant every other year.
I just recently torn down a Kouki FC turbo 13BT that was horribly maintained.
It had only 80k miles, but the rotor housing are absolute JUNK due to the coolant not being changed.
The rotor housing water passages were so corroded that it was eaten all the way to the water jacket o-rings.
There was so much sand (aluminum oxide) that HANDFULS of that stuff was stuck all over the place.


-Ted

koukifc3s

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is that dexcool?

Impreza2RX7

Every other year? I flush and change my coolant quarterly, lol

RETed

Oops, I forgot to include the word "minimum".

I commend you, sir, on such a good maintenance schedule...
I think the Mazda recommended coolant flush schedule is 30,000 miles?


-Ted

Impreza2RX7

I know, I was being a smartass, I didnt expect you to say every other year. I thought you would tell people to change coolant every other month.. j/k

I do change my coolant that often though, I'm just used to working on my car entirely too much..

WAYNE88N/A

MINERAL water??? Are you trying to grow crystals for a science project, lol?

Once-a-year drain & coolant replacements for me. Rotor housings had no corrosion whatsoever after 186K miles

fastrotaries

I change my coolant once a yr, sometime in spring. I've used the Neo Synthetic stuff, and thus no probs. New engine and this time around i'm going with NPG.

Impreza2RX7

Yeah, mineral water? WTF is that? You should use distilled water..

NZConvertible

Three points:

1. I hope you mean demineralised water.

2. That's way too much coolant. Coolant does not cool as well as water, so you're actually reducing the system's cooling capacity. As per the FSM you only need 35% coolant unless ambient temps drop below 3degF.

3. What's the other 10%?

boosted1205

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Ack.....that's what I get for writing at work and brain is somewhere else.
I meant distilled water / 70% water and 30% coolant. I think we all know 70% coolant is too much. Shees..

boosted1205

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The reason why distilled water is used is to reduce or eliminate ectrolytes. Distilled water will not conduct electricity, so no electrolysis occurs. This will reduce corrosion.
Even religiously changing coolant with tap water will cause it. After seeing what tap water did to my coolant passages at rebuild, I've switched to distilled water since.
I flush and change coolant twice a year.