Date:         Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:42:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Rick Koller <rkoller@HELIX.NIH.GOV>
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From:         Rick Koller <rkoller@HELIX.NIH.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Coolant
Comments: To: Jason Yasment <jyasment@HOTMAIL.COM>
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At 01:47 PM 4/13/99 -0400, Jason Yasment wrote:
>    I'm going to give Prestone 5/150 Coolant a try.  It is a Ethylene Glycol
>coolant, that is Silicate and Phosphate free.  Rather than the typical green
>or blue color, it is a red or pink color.
>    As I understand it the only requirements for VW coolant is that it be EG
>and Phosphate free.  Has anyone else, used this in their vans.  I know it is
>the same stuff that comes in all the newer VWs.
>
>Jason M. Yasment
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Jason,
        I've used it for a year and a half in 1 van (rebuilt heads now with 20K
miles) and a year in the other (old leaky heads now sealed with Moroso).
We'll see how well the corrosion inhibitors work on the new heads in a few
more years I would imagine.

Rick Koller
'90 syncro-westie
'91 gl autobox