Re: Red Antifreeze

Posted by chevy_cowboy on October 19, 2010 at 01:37:31 from (75.129.228.150):

In Reply to: Red Antifreeze posted by wolfman on October 18, 2010 at 18:23:38:

At least in the US Red is typically extended life coolant, designed for diesel engines and will run 300,000 miles or so before adding any SCA's to it.

This is the Shell Rotella ELC, CAT ELC, or the Fleetguard OAT type of stuff. Mixing it with green won't cause any explosions or anything but it will negate all the extended life part of the red stuff and you'll need to change it as you do the cheapo green stuff. Any of the various red varieties are compatable with eachother. We run the Rotalla ELC in our truck fleet without any problems.

Any semi truck dealer will carry some variation of the extended life coolant, usually around $10 a gallon and its premixed 50/50 ready to pour in.

By the way, if it is extended life coolant, your typical coolant testers with the floating balls in them will not get an accurate reading on it, probably why it only tested at -10... they make test strips for the new stuff.

This post was edited by chevy_cowboy at 01:38:59 10/19/10.

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