which coolant in 2.0vvt

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adrimo
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which coolant in 2.0vvt

Postby adrimo » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:37 pm

hello guys

i have an 06 scenic and need to buy some coolant, i went in to halfords and they had the normal blue one and a red one, however when i looked into my engine bay the coolant is yellow this is the same as delivery as my car was bought new 6 months ago.

its now on min should i buy the yellow one from a renault dealer or top up with water.

where else can i get the yellow coolant?

thanks :-)
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Postby IainMW » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:39 pm

Don't Mix Coolants!

Go to your dealer an buy the correct coolant for your engine.
Make improvements, not excuses!
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Postby onlydiesels » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:54 am

as IainMW says, don`t mix the coolant!
best place that i found was partco/brown brothers,bought some for mine when i did t/belt + w/pump.cost about £4 (ish) for couple of litres,just give them the reg + tell them it`s the yellow stuff!
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Postby Jonault » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:01 pm

I think I would be a bit concerned that a nearly new car is losing coolant.
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Postby IainMW » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:05 pm

It's not unsual for a car to use a bit of coolant

There's a song in there somewhere :pirate:
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Postby adrimo » Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:54 pm

got some from renault this morning £11 for 2l so not bad, ill shop around next time.

i dont think is using that much as iv done nearly 8k
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Postby idefix » Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:57 am

What is the issue with mixing coolants ?
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Postby markren2004 » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:43 am

idefix wrote:What is the issue with mixing coolants ?

It's not going to change to slush !!, it's just different colours have different properties.
If you mix them then it's supposed to give you more wear to the internals (like the radiator).
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Postby idefix » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:19 am

Yeah, Megane suppose to have ELF Glaceol RX type D (green), at least the pertol engines, or ethylene glycol suitable for mixed metal engines. But do not mix Glaceol with monoethylene glycol, the system might get cloghed up and coupe heater might get broken. Got this from another forum. :D
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