red coolant..or..green coolant???, Charge Cooler... Options

[injection]

Does this matter?....Can you use green coolant, or is it recomended 2 use the red.....whats the diff. and am i hurting it while running the green. its about 70% green/30% water...let me know.

[TEAMFaint]

I believe green = non premixed while the red is premixed.

My car had the green in it and i topped it off with red to clear my code 54, will be flushing it out entirely and running red.

[lagos]

Toyota uses their own brand of Red coolant in all of their cars. Why? basically so that they can sell you coolant for your vehicle and make the money instead of some other coolant company. There really is no difference between red and green. They will both do the job of cooling your engine.

If your car currently has green in it, then just keep using the green stuff. If you have the red stuff, then keep using that. Simple as that.

[whatthe]

Yeh you should never mix coolant.

[chacha]

not true....there are 50/50 mix that are green "Prestone"



This post has been edited by chacha: Feb 4, 2011 - 7:22 AM

[injection]

K good, cause when i received my 3sgte from Jap, it did have red in it but during the install emptied it out and filled with green....since i have been on the forum ( not long ) i see alot of guys have the red, from checkin out conversations havnt really heard of anyone with green......so far from what im hearin from you guys is: its not such a bad thing, good 2 know ,

[malpaso]

using red. buying concentrate and mix it with distilled water 50-50.

[D-Man]

OEM coolent is Red with metal flake. it's to take in more heat. Only sold at toyota dealerships, And we all want to sponsor our local Toyota dealerships, right?

~it's all that i use. runs about $26/2Gallon

[injection]

OEM coolent is Red with metal flake. it's to take in more heat. Only sold at toyota dealerships, And we all want to sponsor our local Toyota dealerships, right?

~it's all that i use. runs about $26/2Gallon

Thanx d-man, very interesting, price isn't that bad either. Anything that dissipates more heat, is definetly better for parts

[D-Man]

No Problem man.

I ran the Preistone stuff before (always after swaps cause i believe it helps to clean out the new engines- about 3k then flush and replace with Toyota brand) Mechanicaly speaking, it wont hurt anything. As long as you have some kind of coolent in there, Hell you can use plain water... you'll have to refill it every few miles lol, but it'll keep ur engine running in a pinch.

That OEM stuff lasts forever though.

[injection]

will definetly be adding red, had no idea it was designed like that....pretty cool

[al94st]

No Problem man.

I ran the Preistone stuff before (always after swaps cause i believe it helps to clean out the new engines- about 3k then flush and replace with Toyota brand) Mechanicaly speaking, it wont hurt anything. As long as you have some kind of coolent in there, Hell you can use plain water... you'll have to refill it every few miles lol, but it'll keep ur engine running in a pinch.

That OEM stuff lasts forever though.

What do you mean you'll have to refill it? I ran my car on reg water after I rebuilt it for the first 300 miles. Makes it easy to just pour out anywhere. Anyone in a warm enough climate can use just water, it's just wise to put in an anti corrosive additive.

[Smaay]

toyota red coolant does not have chemicals in it that green does that can eat away are seals or gaskets. they come with red for a reason. just get the red and not have any issues

[D-Man]

What do you mean you'll have to refill it?

well at sea level,water boils at 100C... The highest point of the world (tip of mt everest) It boils at 72C~ last time i checked, Our engines normal operating tempature is much hotter than either of those figures. Water works just fine, But it also evaporates with usage. Therefore you have to refill it (with moar water) It's no big deal though, It's just water. (free at your local water spicket- lol)

toyota red coolant does not have chemicals in it that green does that can eat away are seals or gaskets. they come with red for a reason. just get the red and not have any issues

Also a good point to mention. Good lookin out Smaay.

[presure2]

What do you mean you'll have to refill it?

well at sea level,water boils at 100C... The highest point of the world (tip of mt everest) It boils at 72C~ last time i checked, Our engines normal operating tempature is much hotter than either of those figures. Water works just fine, But it also evaporates with usage. Therefore you have to refill it (with moar water) It's no big deal though, It's just water. (free at your local water spicket- lol)

toyota red coolant does not have chemicals in it that green does that can eat away are seals or gaskets. they come with red for a reason. just get the red and not have any issues

Also a good point to mention. Good lookin out Smaay.

ahhh d-man...your forgetting about the radiator cap raising the boiling point.
in reality, the best coolant would be plain distilled water, it absorbs and releases the heat better than any antifreeze mix does,
but, you need lubricants, anticorrosion protection, and freeze protection, so we use anti-freeze coolant.

mixed properly, any coolant will do the job in our cars.
i've used all kinda brands, and colors over the years..no noticable diffrence in day to day driving with any of them.
now, if your tracking your car on the regular, ...you may want to be more selective in what you use, but generally, i just use whatever is in the car to begin with, and try not to mix brands/colors. (if your switching brands or colors, its always best to flush the system completely before adding new coolant. (that includes the heater core as well)

[injection]

Cool, some very good info. guys

[3WayStunna]

Coolant? I just run water, and water wetter in my chargecooler system. Never ran into any problems with that setup.....only real reason is because coolant just got extra expensive for me at one point, when i had to keep taking my engine out to diagnose clutch/tranny problems last year....kept it simple with the water and havent gone back to coolant...

[Euphoria]

Coolant? I just run water, and water wetter in my chargecooler system. Never ran into any problems with that setup.....only real reason is because coolant just got extra expensive for me at one point, when i had to keep taking my engine out to diagnose clutch/tranny problems last year....kept it simple with the water and havent gone back to coolant...

...lol I hope you don't plan on keeping your car for a long while, like pressure2 said coolant has anti-corrosion protection, if it doesn't get cold there it won't freeze but your whole cooling system obviously won't go as long as one thats been
maintained, even here in Australia where coolant is $30-40 for good stuff you only have to do it every 5 years or 250 000km so its not like Its a whole lot of money.

[D-Man]

ahhh d-man...your forgetting about the radiator cap raising the boiling point.

yeah, it's cause wiki.com didn't have an aprox number for that (lol if you think i actually remember those numbers from back in middle school!)

OP- In the end it's all usable man. Everyone just has a different preference on the kind/amount of "conditioner" to run threw there with it. Just dont run it dry and you'll be fine.

[richee3]

As a side note, you should never run just plain water in your coolant system. You should always use distilled water, as presure2 said. Otherwise, we're beating a dead horse here. Any coolant will work, don't mix coolants, etc.