anti-freeze

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BeeBoy

BeeBoy

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Hi all,

its getting a bit nippy here and the first frosts are appearing, so its time to sort out the coolant in the series 3.

What is the recommended anti-freeze for these?

Thanks in advance.
 
Use the old Green stuff, 3 year max, not the new fluorescent Orange 5 year stuff, it will kill the hoses.
 
Thanks Spyderman,

I was asking because i heard someone mention the other day that certain antifreezes can damage the engine or some-such, and that some are better than others.

A mechanically minded friend of mine told me last night that it shoud be ethylene glycol based - also gave me a few percentage mix-rates - so i think that should be just enough info to occupy and hour on Saturday morning!!
 
I think they all use Ethylene Glycol as the Non-freezing part, it's the other additives that do the damage. The old type rubber hoses are eaten by the new orange stuff. I think the change over time for engines to the new Orange stuff is about Td5 time, anything before that should use the Green stuff.
 
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