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Using Bluecol daft?
- 08-10-2011
- john thompson
August 10, 2011, 12:44 pm
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of sight in someones shed. "Bluecol" made by smiths industries. It says on
the tin its etylene-glycol based.
I thought for a while maybe an automobile museum might like it, but then
decided they must have dozens of battered old Bluecol tins.
My thinking is now, that if the tin is not rusted on the inside i would use
the coolent in my 2002 Corolla. I dont like to waste things and it needs a
coolent top up; but is this a daft idea?
Re: Using Bluecol daft?
your Toyota needs the right stuff in it. Bluecol was the best you could
buy, and if your system was drained and flushed then you could use the
bluecol (in the right proportion) without worry for two years. The proper
Toyota stuff will last ten. If you just don't care then put it in anyway,
nothing drastic will happen immediately.
Re: Using Bluecol daft?
If it's old Bluecol, make sure it says on the container for aluminium
engines, even if yours is iron. The other stuff corrodes things.
Personally, I'd dispose of it.
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