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Date:         Sun, 23 Dec 2001 14:28:16 -0600
Reply-To:     Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dart 330 <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW antifreeze ?
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When I went to the dealer to get coolant they said they had red (not orange)
or blue. They said the red didn't have silicates. I remember reading on the
list not having silicates will ruin the WBX waterpump.


Nathan
85 Westy
74 Bus


<I have been using the Prestone orange extended-life for 3 years now <with
no problems. I have seen it in the new VW's at the dealership.
<Does anyone know if the color represents the presence or absence of
<phosphates, amines, bromides ,silicates,propylene or etheylene glycol?
<I am inclined to think this is a universal color coding  like those <used
for fuels like stove oil and Diesel, etc.


<Robert K
<1982 Westfalia w /2.0 Golf engine














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