Date:         Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:48:13 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: coolant
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Only place I have ever seen the blue or older red is at dealers or specialty
shops for euro vehicles.

  Almost all extended life coolants now are phosphate free which is the
requirement that most european and now japanese mfr put on their vehicles.

After three years of sitting idle I just decided to go back to work at a
FLAPS and learned something new.  A lot of places no longer stock the green
stuff and only stock the universal (good for green or yellow dexcool
systems) and the dex stuff.  It is one less item to stock in a SKU
overloaded business.
jimt

On 7/2/05 2:41 PM, "Wognacious" <wognacious@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> I used to use the blue Pentofin, or however it's spelt, but last time I went
> to the FLAPS where I bought it before they didn't have the blue. The guy
> behind the counter told me the state of California made them pull it off the
> shelves because it didn't have instructions in english on the bottle. They had
> the red, I think he said it was lifetime. I opted for the yellow Mercedes
> stuff this time. Cost me about $11 a gallon once I mixed it up with H2O. In
> the past I have used the Sierra green stuff too.
>
> Bob Mac <BOBMACDOWELL@WEBTV.NET> wrote:I want to change the coolant in my van.
> From what i read i'm to look
> for phosphate free antifreeze. I looked on an old antifreeze jug to see
> if it had phosphates in it and it doesn't say anything about it having
> it or not. Which antifreeze is the perfered type. Thanks Bob Mac
>
>