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which coolant in 2.0vvt
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:37 pm
by adrimo
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
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:39 pm
by IainMW
Don't Mix Coolants!
Go to your dealer an buy the correct coolant for your engine.
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:54 am
by onlydiesels
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!
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:01 pm
by Jonault
I think I would be a bit concerned that a nearly new car is losing coolant.
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:05 pm
by IainMW
It's not unsual for a car to use a bit of coolant
There's a song in there somewhere
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:54 pm
by adrimo
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
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:57 am
by idefix
What is the issue with mixing coolants ?
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:43 am
by markren2004
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).
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:19 am
by idefix
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.
