-
15th November 2017, 01:42 AM
#11
Dribble Master
only ever used the green stuff, whether it was the premix or concentrate
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Clunk For This Useful Post:
GQtdauto (15th November 2017)
-
15th November 2017 01:42 AM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
-
15th November 2017, 07:31 AM
#12
Patrol Freak
what colour did it come out with. red is supposedly better for the plastic components, how true this is is anyone's guess. if they came out with green i'd stick with the green.
if its worth doin its worth over doin
-
-
15th November 2017, 08:27 AM
#13
Legendary
I use the same as Clunk , sometimes premix sometimes concentrate always the not red stuff .
-
-
15th November 2017, 11:10 AM
#14
Travelling Podologist
Doesn’t it say anywhere on the bottle what the percentage of glycol is? 100% ‘concentrate’ on it’s own is pretty meaningless.
The 5 litre bottle of Nulon (green) I have at home is stuff I bought around 18 months to 2 years ago. It was priced at $38.80. It’s label says ‘Long Life Concentrated Coolant 100% concentrate 1060gm glycol per litre’
The label says suitable for 4 years/250,000kms. for all petrol, diesel & LPG engines.
At a 33% (5 litres make up 15 litres) mix ratio it raises boiling point to 127 deg.C & lowers freezing point to -18 deg.C
At a 50% (5 litres makes up 10 litres) mx ratio it raises boiling point to 132 deg. C & lowers freezing point to -37 deg.C
50% is recommended for heavy duty diesels.
From that info I would suggest that the likely difference between those pictured above is the amount of glycol per litre.
I’ve got a 50% mix in mine. If I had realised the boiling point was 132 deg.C I would have been less concerned when my temp gauge was showing 100 deg.C when pulling the Tvan up to the Barrington Tops!
As for the 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 years ....... I reckon that’s just marketing nonsense. How many folk would leave their coolant unchanged for 8 years?
If the label didn’t tell me the amount of glycol per litre I’d buy a different brand that did.
2006 4.2TDi ex-Telstra Remote area Camper. 425w roof mounted solar, 360Ah Aux batts, BCDC1240, Onboard hot & cold pressurised & filtered water, (25 litre hot water calorifier), ARB fridge, ARB freezer, Built in kitchen, heaps of easy access storage, 240v, 3” Genie exhaust + dynotune, 2” lift, 3900kg GVM upgrade, second glovebox, ROH Blaktrak steel wheels, Bridgestone D697's (now Toyo RT's), Redarc gauges/pillarpod, Hema HX-1, Icom 450 CB, dual rear view cameras, Onboard 30amp Victron mains charger, second glovebox, dual seat conversion, TPMS, Boss PX7 onboard air with 9 litre tank, 350w inverter, Steel bullbar, Harrop Eaton diff lock (front), Warn winch, Snorkel, Dual spares , 160 litre water tank, 180 litre fuel in two tanks (approx 1200km range) 2010 Tvan Tanami. (incl another 70 litre water tank) with matching wheels/tyres (& 3rd spare)
A Nomadic Life (Blog)
-
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Cuppa For This Useful Post:
Bacho86 (15th November 2017), Bigcol (15th November 2017)
-
15th November 2017, 04:31 PM
#15
Patrol God
Just saw this in 4wd action.
Sent from Note 5 using TapaPro
-
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Hodge For This Useful Post:
Bacho86 (15th November 2017), Clunk (15th November 2017), Cuppa (15th November 2017), GQtdauto (16th November 2017), mudski (16th November 2017)
-
15th November 2017, 08:15 PM
#16
Patrol Freak
Originally Posted by
Hodge
Just saw this in 4wd action.
Sent from Note 5 using TapaPro
Good find!
Patrol came with green, so I’ll sticking with that!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
2008 GU6 3.0 CRD AUTO | Safari Snorkel | 2" Ironman lift kit | Runva 11XP Winch | 33" MTZ's | Full Length Roof Rack | GME TX3200 | 30" LED Light Bar |
-
-
16th November 2017, 09:55 AM
#17
I have always used repco concentrate and then Coles bottles of demineralised water X 3. Get it mixed to 40 per cent and run for 50000km and dump. Never had an issue with the coolant causing problems and nil crud in the cooling system...20 bucks cheaper than the nulon stuff too.
-
-
17th November 2017, 09:34 AM
#18
Just to throw another variable in, my Patrol came with BLUE coolant.
Graham
-