c3vrg 2 Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 just had my thermostat housing chenged and im sure its still leaking from somewhere anyway checked the water and it looked dark almost dark brown ,not rusty etc.is this the correct colour .the garage main dealer filled with 2 bottles of anti freeze apparantly Link to post Share on other sites
lee060 3 Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 just check the coolant strengh , that will tell you . cant accurately judge on looks matey Link to post Share on other sites
c3vrg 2 Posted February 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 not sure how to is there a guage i can buy. Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 what colour was it before they changed it? Did they use the correct G12+ coolant? It should be pink Link to post Share on other sites
c3vrg 2 Posted February 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 not sure i got the part number of the coolant g 012 a8f m1 Link to post Share on other sites
SiGainey 1 Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 I got given some purple G12 from eurocarparts ????? Link to post Share on other sites
blackmagicvr 7 Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 it should be pink in color the antifreeze, there is a tester you can buy it messures the freezing point of the water easy to use (halfords)? it needs to be about -30oc with wind chill,also a summer coolant. Link to post Share on other sites
spanky 0 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Mixing G11 and G12 together turns the water a nasty brown colour, I suspect this is what may have happened! Link to post Share on other sites
c3vrg 2 Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 but surely they had to get rid of the old stuff when they changed the thermostat housing Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Rich 3 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Maybe they didnt flush the system to make sure the old coolant was out and some got left in there and mixed with the new stuff! Link to post Share on other sites
c3vrg 2 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 yea i think the same , as far as i can see its the new g12+ so its ok to mix with the older g11 . Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 yep you can mix them. Link to post Share on other sites
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