Well, for what it is worth, I have been running the prestone orange
stuff in a 85 Vanagin here for 2 years, no major problems to date (at
least from the coolent... :o).

Howard

On 1 Jun 2002 at 14:28, Mark Ingalls wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> When I called the Omaha VW dealer about the blue antifreeze a few years
> back their reply was "Yeah, we've got lots of that around".
>
> It made me wonder how long the stuff has been sitting around. Who knows,
> it may not make a difference how old it is if it's sealed?
>
> I went with Prestone Orange because it's 1/2 the price, available
> anywhere, Phosphate free, reasonably fresh, and I don't have to drive
> 100 mile round trip to get overcharged at the dealer.
>
> Time will tell. Wish me luck!
>
> Mark Ingalls
> 85 GL
> Nebraska City
>
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hfleming@moosebird.com    Front Royal, VA   hfleming@moosebird.net
99 EuroVan MV - 2001 Jetta TDI - 85 Vanagon - 84 Westy
84 Vanagon GL (spare parts that turned into a project)
1945 Cletrac AG6