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j4gz
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Mon May 14, 2018 4:30 pm

what coolant should i be using ? there was blue in mine first then mechanic used pink after he done timing belt water pump and cam seal which is the right one to use ?
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brutus
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Mon May 14, 2018 7:06 pm

,,, usally older cars use blue & i think cards from 1999 use pink,
it will say in the handbook, :)
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Mon May 14, 2018 8:24 pm

Mine is blue and always has been
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biffer
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Tue May 15, 2018 2:12 am

From what i've read you can use pink stuff in our cars if you make sure you flush out all traces of old blue/green first.
it seems pink fluid only causes a problem in real olde-worlde cars with brass/copper radiators that are soldered.
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