Well, for what it is worth, I have been running the prestone orange stuff in a 85 Vanagin here for 2 years, no major problems to date (at least from the coolent... :o). Howard On 1 Jun 2002 at 14:28, Mark Ingalls wrote: > Hi, > > > When I called the Omaha VW dealer about the blue antifreeze a few years > back their reply was "Yeah, we've got lots of that around". > > It made me wonder how long the stuff has been sitting around. Who knows, > it may not make a difference how old it is if it's sealed? > > I went with Prestone Orange because it's 1/2 the price, available > anywhere, Phosphate free, reasonably fresh, and I don't have to drive > 100 mile round trip to get overcharged at the dealer. > > Time will tell. Wish me luck! > > Mark Ingalls > 85 GL > Nebraska City > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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