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WarPig



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



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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!
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Diablo



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I tend to use comma:

http://www.commaoil.com/
Post #160774 8th Aug 2012 4:10pm
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TR51



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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...
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Post #160778 8th Aug 2012 4:41pm
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WarPig



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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 Shocked 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. Thumbs Up


Just sent him a PM Thumbs Up
Post #160808 8th Aug 2012 6:30pm
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wslr



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The Tdi uses the standard blue coolant you can get from any autofactor.
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TR51



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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 Thumbs Up
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WarPig



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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 Thumbs Up


Excellent, thanks Thumbs Up
Post #160849 8th Aug 2012 8:59pm
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