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Coolant advice
« on: December 12, 2010, 05:28:51 pm »
Folks, can someone educate me on the various coolants available?

Basically the book says G12 plus or TT VW 774F, but I went to Halfords there and all they had was TL774D and TL774F.

Out if curiosity can any of them be mixed?

Do both G12 plus and TT VW774F need diluted? I assume neither comes ready to fill?
« Last Edit: December 14, 2010, 11:18:53 am by Lyons »

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2010, 05:40:16 pm »
when i changed the water pump on my car tps sent me the g12 one and it does need diluting down. it was not very expensive either  :smiley:
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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2010, 07:38:38 pm »
I was told that for topping up, so long as you use the same colour, i,e - red it will be fine.

That's what I use and no problems with all the cold experienced of late  :happy2:

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2010, 07:48:55 pm »
there is no harm in mixing it if you look into it, your just not supposed to  :signLOL:
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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2010, 08:04:40 pm »
youre looking around £12 to £15 for a 1.5ltr bottle of G12

Where you based cus if youre close to staffordshire, i have a spare bottle of it in my garage

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2010, 08:26:23 pm »
Hi bought a 1.5ltr bottle of 'G12 plus plus' (the latest one) from my local main dealer (Stoke VW) and it came to about £8.50. The G12 plus plus is fully 'miscible' (compatible) with G12 and G12 plus too!  :happy2:

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2010, 08:29:52 pm »
i will check what i can get it for tomorrow at work

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2010, 09:59:12 pm »
Cheers folks.

And it's 40% concentration of G12 plus?

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2010, 10:47:00 am »
retail price currently on a 1.5ltr bottle is £8.45

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2010, 09:31:28 pm »
Got the G12 Plus (actually Plus Plus) today and topped the bottle up.

I'm a bit concerned as to why it would be low though. My immediate thought was a leak, but can it just get low naturally?

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2010, 09:34:42 pm »
How low is low??? and not really over a long period of time it can yea
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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2010, 10:09:08 pm »
About a mm below the line.

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Re: Coolant advice
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2010, 06:33:37 am »
Make sure you dont mix G12 Plus Plus with other red coolants.  If you do then it will go a nastly brown and stain the bottle and can go sludgy.  VW have done this to show when non VW coolant has been used.
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