fha772
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 posted on 29/11/10 at 10:10 AM |
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Mixing Antifreeze?
Right then, i was out yesterday, when i returned home, my dad told me he'd drained the header tank and refilled it with antifreeze, on my car
and had it running, just to make sure.
The thing is, he's added 3-4 litres of blue antifreeze, when my Audi has red/pink antifreeze already in it.
Is it going to be OK, for the time being, or do i need to go and drain it, and refill it.
I'd rather not be doing it in 4 inch of snow, but if i have to, then so be it.
Cheers Frank.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6743&start=105
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 10:21 AM |
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Linky do 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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fha772
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 10:26 AM |
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Thanks, I'll get it drained in the next couple of days...
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owelly
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 10:30 AM |
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You can mix the blues and greens but not the pink/reds. It turns to jelly so you need to drain, flush and refill asap.
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Agriv8
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 10:31 AM |
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belive it is a No No.
PS pink stuff ( Comma brand ) reasnobale at Wilco Motorsave £20 for 5l after flushing the Casting Sand out of my AUDI's colling system
linky
and is recons it is G12/TL774D/F, plus complient
Regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 11:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by owelly
You can mix the blues and greens but not the pink/reds. It turns to jelly so you need to drain, flush and refill asap.
http://www.filtercouncil.org/techdata/tsbs/05-2.pdf
"Mixing IAT with OAT, HOAT or NOAT antifreezes will not damage your vehicle’s cooling system; however the mixture will negate the long
life/extended life attributes of these formulations."
More importantly mixing IAT and OAT significantly degrades the corrosion protection.
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owelly
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 12:27 PM |
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Just try it. I drained the blue stuff out of my Alfa and poured some fresh red into it. Within 15 minutes, the whole lot had turned to gloopy jelly.
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fha772
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 12:36 PM |
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Well, I've been and checked it, and drained some out, it seems fine, and we've run it, so it all seems ok for now...
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6743&start=105
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dilley
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 12:42 PM |
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As far as I know-blue for iron blocks and red for alloy.
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