matter what kind or anyone knwo if eg's recommend certain brand?

dont have my manual lol, just help a brotha out

thanks

 

yea, it does matter. Don't use the red. Strictly GREEN antifreeze. I reccomend the pre mixed **** they have out now. Cause then you can't screw up the ratio of water to coolant. I use prestone in the yellow jug.

hope this helps

 

Prestone Quick fill. if you look some fluids state for GM or ford vehicles only. But yes honda=green coolant.

 

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Up yonder great white north if it gets super freezing, you may need to go 60-40 coolant/water mix.

 

^^ That wouldn't hurt. I neglected to see you were from canada....eh

 

no im east indian i merged here ok guy!

lol, yea im in vancouver like Los A of CALI not cold really might be like -3 some nights but thats at like 3am. good weather latley but we gona get some snow soon i think mountains are KILLER thanks guy

yea i knew green was honda, dindt know they had red ****. PREMIX is the ywa to go i think too less hazzle more perfection

 

Why not red coolant is coolant. Is it not?

 

its like the pills in the matrix..the red pill was the bad one

 

yea, what exactly is wrong with the REd one? I've always used Green..but just wondering why the red one is bad

 

Blue is good too.. OEM Honda.

 

The red coolant is a hybrid coolant called dexcool or something to that effect. It is ran in newer vehicles and I've seen it more commonly in Chevrolets like 2000+. It is actually a better coolant over all. I believe it lasts something like 100,000 miles, and like 6-10 years. A lot of the car manufacturer's are starting to use it just because of the 100,000 miles. Chevrolet set up pretty much all of their newer vehicles so you shouldn't have to worry about any major services for 100,000 miles. They say you don't need your radiator flushed, tranny flushed, differential fluids changed, transfer case etc. untill after 100,000 miles. But after 100,000 miles is when the warranty ends. I honestly don't think differential fluid can go past 50,000 miles w/o breaking down. That's just my conspiracy, but who knows.

 

I was under the impression that the red coolant was a higher quality synthetic coolant. I am also curious as to why it's bad.

 

well here's my take on "red" ....(although it's really orange) coolant (dex cool)

1. It didn't come in your honda, so don't put it in there
2. Your car and gaskets weren't designed with dexcool in mind
3. Dexcool apparently evapourates more quickly from what i have heard.
4. Dexcool is also SUPPOSEDLY hard on water pumps
5. Dexcool is newer and perhaps not enough is known about it

just my .02 cents

 

Good points. Thanks.

 

bump, cause people need to know NOT to use DEXCOOL in their honda.

 

The blue coolant didn't come stock either & that's what Honda has switched to (jfwy)

 

Ummm.....actually the blue coolant has the same properties as the green. The only reason coolant even has a color is because it's dyed so when you have a leak, it's much eaiser to detect where the problem is coming from.

 

no offense though sandoz

 

Toyota uses red. Never mix red and green. Next time I flush my Toyota I am going to switch to green because red is hard to find especially if your traveling and overheat or something. The gas station or K-Mart in Bumf*ck Nevada probably will not have red !

 

Dexcool is not for Hondas - period.

 

What he said ^^^

The most important thing to remember about Red DEXCOOL is not to mix it with green coolant, that's what's considered to be bad.

 

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And unless you pull out the block freeze plugs and flush the entire engine and coolant system with water, there's no way to NOT still mix green with Dexcool by doing a simple drain of the green and adding the Dexcool.

 

You guys are aware that Honda coolant is not the same as Prestone right?

Honda coolant was designed specifically for aluminum engines. It contains an organic corrosion inhibitor instead of silicate.

Some antifreeze, although labeled as safe for aluminum parts, may not be compatible with Honda cooling system components. Extensive research and testing by both Honda R&D and CCI, the manufacturer of the Honda coolant, have proven that the abrasive silicates and/or borates found in most domestic coolants can cause these problems:

- - Silicates bond to the surface of the water pump seal and act as an abrasive, causing considerable seal erosion and coolant leakage. In actual tests, the silicated coolant caused early leakage. This leakage increased dramatically until a substantial portion of the coolant had been lost. In contrast, the Honda coolant had almost no leakage through the duration of the test.

- - Silicates tend to gel and settle in the coolest parts of the cooling system, causing radiator plugging and overheating.

- - Borates cause pitting corrosion on the cylinder head.

- - Silicate inhibitors are difficult to stabilize and, therefore, limit coolant shelf life.

Most commercially available coolants were originally designed for cast iron engines. Silicate, an inexpensive additive, was added to coolants to prevent aluminum corrosion, but the long-term durability of the combination was not tested.

 

hey flood so what kind do you suggest using? or what kind do you use cause i never knew?! (shaking head )

 

Use OEM Honda.

Also DO NOT USE "RACELINE WATER WETTER" for normal street use.

Only use it on the track.