Actually, the MB coolant is made in the USA. Says so on the bottle. Perhaps BASF has a plant here or someone makes it for them under contract. Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Doktor Tim Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:42 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: My Mechanic's Odd Reaction
At 04:00 PM 10/16/2003, you wrote: >I've started using the factory Mercedes Benz coolant in my WBX'ers... and >it's pale yellow. So now you have blue, green, orange and yellow. The Mercedes yellow is the same, made by BASF Germany for Mercedes. The Jaguar blue, same-0-same-o. No green I have ever seen is without phosphates. Never use green, verify all others as no phosphates e-glycol. And even more important, complete change for new yearly to be sure corrosion can NEVER GET STARTED. Keep the motor clean as well and you may just get 200,000 miles from a WasserBoxer before the hoses get hard from 20 years of age and the first leak starts, but still no corrosion at all. |
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