Careful. I've done a lot of research on coolant for my 2.0 new Beetle. You
have to use G5 or above, and if you have any kind of "conventional" coolant
in the system, you are supposed to go to some pretty extraordinary flushing
to get the system clean. The so called "experts" in the newsgroups claim
that if you mix the two, you get a gel and then the engine is cooked. Just
what I heard.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:41 PM, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Pretty sure that's a 'Mixes with Anything' coolant.
>
> I suppose if one thinks one has really hard water they need to worry a
> lot about coolant type.
> Otherwise..
> in 'normal places' like the West coast ..clean tap water and a high
> quaility anti-frz is just fine.
>
> it's not so much about it being 'phosphate free' as it is about people
> not changing vanagon coolant and about all of it never gets out of the
> van in a coolant change unless you flush it extensively.
>
> In words..'what you use' in not nearly as important as using something
> good, right.
>
> S.
>
>
>
> On 1/13/2014 9:44 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>
>> My understanding is that the most important question is, "Is it phosphate
>> free?"  mcneely
>>
>> ---- Alfred Bagdan <abagdan@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all Vanagonians,
>>>
>>> Is the new red coolant from VW safe to use on 85 Vanagon engines?  It
>>> states
>>> on the container "Aluminum compatible", but you never know with Vanagons!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alfred
>>> 85 Westy
>>>
>> --
>> David McNeely
>>
>>