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WarPig

Member Since: 05 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 1748

1996 Defender 110 300 Tdi USW Bonatti Grey

Which coolant?

Id need to top up my coolant, are there any brands/types that folk here like to use?

2nd Aug 2012 11:16pm

Retroanaconda

Member Since: 04 Jan 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 2557

I use whatever is in the shed at work, it's pretty much all the same.

Any ethelene glycol based stuff (the blue type) as per the workshop manual will be fine for a Tdi. Think the Td5s (and presumably Tdcis) use the pink OAT stuff.

Think my last batch was JCB stuff!

3rd Aug 2012 10:48pm

Diablo

Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Basingstoke
Posts: 335

1984 Defender 90 200 Tdi SW Keswick Green

I tend to use comma:

http://www.commaoil.com/

8th Aug 2012 5:10pm

TR51

Member Since: 17 Apr 2012
Location: Dorset UK
Posts: 333

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Corris Grey

As Retroanaconda said they are pretty much the same, although you shouldn't mix the colors as they react together...
get a pipette if your not sure which yours has in it to be safe...

8th Aug 2012 5:24pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 19651

Have a look at Opie Oils. Site sponsor and also happy to answer any questions.

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8th Aug 2012 5:41pm

WarPig

Member Since: 05 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 1748

Well im sure I had green coolant but after noticing it was very low I topped it up with the only coolant I had, which was blue

Should I drain it down?

I really need to find the reason why it was so low in the first place, I did notice a small puddle of coolant on the drive under my defender!

custom90steve wrote:
Have a look at Opie Oils. Site sponsor and also happy to answer any questions.

Just sent him a PM

8th Aug 2012 7:30pm

wslr

Member Since: 18 Jul 2010
Location: Wellington, Somerset
Posts: 581

The Tdi uses the standard blue coolant you can get from any autofactor.

8th Aug 2012 9:25pm

TR51

Member Since: 17 Apr 2012
Location: Dorset UK
Posts: 333

I think the 'green' colour would have actually been the blue one... The pink is very obviously red but the blue can look grey/blue/greenish

8th Aug 2012 9:39pm

WarPig

Member Since: 05 Dec 2009
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 1748

wslrfrom a wrote:
The Tdi uses the standard blue coolant you can get ny autofactor.

TR51 wrote:
I think the 'green' colour would have actually been the blue one... The pink is very obviously red but the blue can look grey/blue/greenish

Excellent, thanks

8th Aug 2012 9:59pm

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