oil cooler flush

[deano]

hi lads i have reflushed the cooling system today all well but noticed they have used pink antifreeze i replaced it with blue (all i had) is this ok

[Marks DTM Calib]

Not ideal....it wants flushing again and idealy red using.....

Remember...50:50 mix....

[deano]

hi yes i did use 50/50 whats the differance with the 2 colours.

[Markie]

red is longer life and vx now recommends it. Think its change period is twice as long as blue coolant....

[TheBoy]

Chemically different. The Blue and Red shouldn't really be mixed, and as you cannot drain more than 1/2 of it out of v6 easily, you really want to keep it the same.

The Red, incidentally, is long life, and supposedly has a life of 5yrs (as opposed to 2yr life of blue). Personally, I would halve these figures.

[deano]

ok thanks i will leave it for a week and change it back to pink/red

[TheBoy]

ok thanks i will leave it for a week and change it back to pink/red

Red is quite expensive, but good value if you have access to Trade Club.  If you don't have access, I'm sure one of the locals can help in this respect....

[Markie]

i must confess - i have 20 litres of red in the garage and an omega that hasnt had a change in 2 years since i bought it  

Must make this a priority :-/

[Markjay]

Green/Yellow needs replacing every two years.

Red/Orange is for the life of the car and never needs replacing - according to Vauxhall's TIS2000. On the actual container however it says change every 5 years  

Either way for the price of Red Vx coolant on TC (around £6) I would change it every year...

[Auto Addict]

I would change it every year...

Is that an offer?

[Taxi_Driver]

I would change it every year...

Is that an offer?

Mine disappears fast enough....so i dont have to change mine....just keep topping it up  8-)

[TheBoy]

Red/Orange is for the life of the car and never needs replacing - according to Vauxhall's TIS2000.

That'll be the same bullsh!t that says oil change every 20k  

[Markjay]

I would change it every year...

Is that an offer?

Sure... but I didn't quote my labour rates yet!  

[Markjay]

Red/Orange is for the life of the car and never needs replacing - according to Vauxhall's TIS2000.

That'll be the same bullsh!t that says oil change every 20k  

Much worst, I think....  

You can understand the sales brochure being over-optimistic and economic with the truth, but you'd hope that at least TIS will be professional and impartial :-?