coolant choice
 

hi

I'm looking to drop the old coolant out and replacing it with some fresh stuff. question is what would you guys recommend?

my local stealer wants £25 for 5l of the genuine stuff

or

opie oil for the Motul Inugel Optimal Car Antifreeze / Coolant - Ready To Use - 5 Litres £26.95

what would you guys drop in?

Ive just used Comma Xstream G30 with my new rad

That's what i use also :thumb:

halfords ready mix stuff works perfect..its coolant

Got mine from a local Motor factor, Comma I believe.
Was around half your quoted prices.

Should it be blue or red coolant, or is there no difference?
Thanks

I use halfords concentrate pink (oat) ethylene glycol based and dilute with deionised water. This is probably also what their website suggests if you type in the reg.

I've just finished a rebuild with uprated head gaskets, that are nitrile rubber coated and i was particularlly interested in making sure the coolant was safe to use with nitrile rubber, and it is.

Depends what year

92-98 use silicate (blue generally) then from 98 onwards they use OAT stuff

i use halfrods silicate blue in my classic, 10 years so far with 3- 4 yr changes its been fine

Thanks for your replies. It's an 06 Hawkeye so I'll go for the pink stuff. Cheers

The filling method I documented in the thread below has worked a treat several times for me on my Hawk, filling from the turbo feed hose on the top of the header tank. :thumb:

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...t-filling.html