It's the same stuff. BMW's also require the phosphate free coolant so it
should not be a problem. Many people just use the phosphate free stuff
available at the FLAPS, but for the coolant change every two years, I prefer
to go with the factory stuff.

-----Original Message-----
From: VWNut Hawk [mailto:vwnut@hawkcomputing.com]
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:29 AM
To: Phil.Walker@BROOKS.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: FYI - Blue coolant at BMW Dealerships

I thought we're suppose to run phospate free coolant?
Is that good enough or should I be using something else?

>>> "Walker, Phil" <Phil.Walker@BROOKS.COM> 6/29/2003 7:58:43 PM >>>
I just bought some Blue Coolant for my BMW. The manual says to only use
the
proper coolant yada yada yada because of the aluminum heads. The
message
boards cite potential headgasket failures if the incorrect coolant is
used
(interesting). Anyway, the coolant looks the same as the VW stuff,
comes
from Germany, and the bottle even looks the same except for the BMW
sticker
on the side. My guess is that it is from the same supplier. If anyone
is in
a pinch and needs the blue I think it's safe to assume the BMW stuff is
a
direct replacement. By the way I got mine from EAP4PARTS.com for
$13/bottle.

-Phil
89 Westy

Phil Walker
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