Jason, excuse me, I meant to say G12 and not G5.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have seen it personally in a 1.8T 20V engine.   Nasty, nasty nasty.
>  Green (G11) and Pink (G12) mixed.  It corroded the head badly and blew the
> head gasket.
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >
>>
>