The "5 year" Prestone is phosphate free. The regular stuff in the yellow jugs is not. The new fluid is bright orange, shows up great when you have the smallest leak. It leaves a bright orange stain behind. Good Luck & Drive Friendly Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 07:26:58 -0500 Byron Spears <bspears@erols.com> writes: >Hi! > >Someone a couple of days ago asked what brands of coolant are cool for >Vanagons ("phosphate-free"). If anyone answered, I missed it. > >Yesterday I went to K-Mart and looked at Prestone (that's all they >had!). I remember reading a month or two ago that someone was going >strong with Prestone. Prestone was kind enough to list their >ingredients: ethelyne glycol, water, and "proprietary" additives. >Period. No "phosphate-free" marker on the jug. . . . No hint at the >formulation of their "proprietary" stuff. > >I have been running on h2o alone for a month or two, since I burst a >hose during a creeping commute to the nation's capital. Replacing the >coolant will be my first serious task on my new '87 GL. I have the >Bentley manual. . . . > >Advice? Ideas? Thanks!!! > > >Byron Spears >Clinton, Maryland >'87 GL Weekender >no name yet >
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