I switched to Prestone Long-Life 4 years ago (previous owner
had used green stuff). Changed 2 years later to Walmart house
brand orange stuff. Still no problems whatsoever, after 45k kms
in 4 years, and a total of 200k kms on a VW reman 2.1L
engine.

Shawn
'88 Westy 2.1L (TD wannabe...)

On 28 Sep 2001 at 12:12, Gerald Masar wrote:

> Green stuff is a no-no. Use either VW's Autobahn (blue and phosphate free)
> or long-life type like Dexcool (orange). Orange is not compatible with blue,
> so you must flush well. Others on the list have made this change. Hopefully
> they will chime in.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Royston, Jerry" <gmr@OBPA.USDA.GOV>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: antifreeze and stop leak
>
>
> > Can someone tell me what's the difference between the green stuff and the
> > orange?  My Westy came with the green stuff which I assumed was the wrong
> > stuff (with phosphates) but now I read that the green stuff is
> > phosphate-free.  Is the color the only factor here or is it brand?  I was
> > going to put in some of the Texaco phosphate-free stuff (not sure of
> color)
> > but would this have similar problems as the orange?
> >
> > Gerry Royston
> > Bethesda, MD
> > '87 Westy

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Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
http://www.sls.bc.ca
swright@sls.bc.ca