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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: acura on 02 March 2010, 21:04:44

Title: Antifreeze
Post by: acura on 02 March 2010, 21:04:44

I bet this has been answered many times but here goes anyway:

Got my meega back today after having a job done. The guy had to drain the coolant, which was a nice clean pink but now seems to be a bit purplish. Possibly he's not drained completely and topped up with the blue stuff. Is it ok to mix pink and blue antifreeze or should I drain and refill with the pink next chance I get?

Cheers

Title: Re: Antifreeze
Post by: tunnie on 02 March 2010, 21:06:29

they can mix if he used Vx blue (but that was discontinued some time ago) - not sure on other brands  :-/

For the minimal cost (£17, 5L bottle) and fact poor coolant is the biggest cause of HG failure on the 4 pots, personally, i would flush all that out and get a good 50/50 mix of pink in there  :y

Title: Re: Antifreeze
Post by: unlucky mark mv6 on 02 March 2010, 21:07:01

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I bet this has been answered many times but here goes anyway:

Got my meega back today after having a job done. The guy had to drain the coolant, which was a nice clean pink but now seems to be a bit purplish. Possibly he's not drained completely and topped up with the blue stuff. Is it ok to mix pink and blue antifreeze or should I drain and refill with the pink next chance I get?

Cheers

Afaik its ok to mix,just that the red stuff has a longer life. ;)

Title: Re: Antifreeze
Post by: acura on 02 March 2010, 21:13:07

Cheers guys, probs will end up draining and flush at weekend, b*llache but worthwhile I guess.