Not sure what others think or believe, but over in the MB community, they all swear by the phosphate-free formula favored by Mercedes. Zerex G-05 is the basis of the MB approved formula http://www.valvoline.com/pages/products/product_detail.asp?product=10 For some reason, it's become difficult to find as of late. Curious to hear if anyone in the VW community has used this stuff. On 1/1/06, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote: > hi list, > > shopping for adequate wbx coolant starts confusing me. shops only seem to > have the all engines all makes prestone or similar coolant, and when i ask > if that is phosphate free, i get one of two answers: > answer a) if it does not say it is phosphate free it contains phosphate. > answer b) if it says all engines it is fine for aluminum engines and these > require phosphate free coolant, it follows that the coolant is phosphate > free. > > so, which is correct? or, if we dont know the answer, can someone just tell > me a brand that is safe to use and available at schuck´s, walmart or the > like? Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler (211k) '84 300D (207k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K) |
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