Hi all,
Here's a quick one: my coolant is low but the stuff already in there is yellow-brown Type C coolant. Does it really matter? I was told that most manufacturers try to do this sort of thing eventually to gain a "fluids market" but is there really any difference? My dad's Mercedes also uses this brown coolant but it comes from the Mercedes dealership.
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B23F coolant flush & fill & thermostat[ALL/1998] posted by Tom Graham on Monday, 17 November 1997, at 11:25 p.m.
I plan to install a new thermostat, and replace the coolant in my '84
245DL this weekend. Do I really need to use Volvo type C coolant or is the regular stuff just as good? Are any of the flushing products worth using or is it just as good to run a bunch water through the passages? Any advice is greatly appreciated.Tom
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: B23F coolant flush & fill & thermostat[ALL/1998] posted by Norm Lizotte on Wednesday, 19 November 1997, at 10:00 p.m.
I've used Prestone to replace the Volvo coolant since my first Volvo, a 1971 142S. Use Prestone in each of my three present Volvo sedans,
87' & '93 240DL's, and a '92 940GL, without any problems whatsoever.So what do you think? Ignore the Type C requirement? If so, can I just add green coolant to what's already there or do I need to do a flush'n'fill?
Thanks, blurp