What coolant do you use and how often do you change it

[fernsantos]

What coolant do you use on your AU?


how often do you change it?

[howesy]

I use the Xtra cool from Kmart. $9 a bottle takes 2 bottles (concentrate)
change it every 2 years or 40K or whenever it takes my fancy

[Brisbane ghia]

I use a repco brand coolant, changed mine recently along with the radiator, however every 2 years i do the coolant.

[waggaclint]

i use genuine ford stuff....get it from work cheap...change it every couple of years or 40000km

[Turbot]

Nulon Long LIfe more expensive but mixed 50-50 lasts 5yr supposedly

[MRJUCY]

I use Motul Inugel Ultra mixed with distilled water & Royal Purple Purple Ice.

[Fairlane]

Nulon Long Life at a 50/50 ratio every 45,000 klms

[aussiblue]

Caltex changed annually.

[JC]

Originally Posted by Turbot

Nulon Long LIfe more expensive but mixed 50-50 lasts 5yr supposedly

I also use Nulon long life green at recommended 33% mix (5 litres makes 15 total). Lasts 250,000km or 4 years.

[LOWAU]

Genuine ford stuff. Its a concentrate and 5L makes 16L and thats the capacity of the AU cooling system. My coolant bottle hasn't gone yellow or brown and coolant always stays bright green. I have only changed it once at 100K and it i am planning to do it again this summer (should have about 170K by then). Use distilled water to dilute the coolant not tap water.

[xr8 007]

so all costs aside whats the best coolant to use??

[ef_classic]

Originally Posted by xr6007

so all costs aside whats the best coolant to use??

My vote is for Nulon Ultra Cool.

[SVR73]

Redline oil water wetter. Changed anually and tank cleaned as well
Tank still clean like new.

Don't know why that happens with the E series cars

[fernsantos]

Thanks for the help,installed the new radiator and coolant yesterday.Everything went great.

[irext]

Looks like everone uses different stuff. I use Tectaloy Gold. It was what Ford originally recomended as a replacement for the red stuff that the car came with. I change it once a year. Had the car since near new and it's now done 250000kms.

[InfernoSR]

Originally Posted by irext

Looks like everone uses different stuff. I use Tectaloy Gold. It was what Ford originally recomended as a replacement for the red stuff that the car came with. I change it once a year. Had the car since near new and it's now done 250000kms.

Finally a correct answer... lol. Natra and Adrad sell the same stuff but in their own name... both companies recommend nothing "long life"... So you can imagine what I use on ALL my cars.

[galaxy xr8]

I use Tectalloy Gold, and as I don't do many klm's in the XR8, (had it since new '01) and only on 40,000klm's, I change it every 2 yr's.