TripleSix
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- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Antifreeze now has bitrex in it to prevent accidental ingestion, makes it taste very bitter.
Also makes it less good for poisoning rodents
Also makes it less good for poisoning rodents
That's the way to do it - however the corrosion inhibitors in the antifreeze lose effectiveness over time and the whole lot should be replaced at regular intervals. Just how regular is regular is a matter between your wallet and the manufacturers guidelines.Just checked our 590 (& 690) and 1/2 discs floating in the tester after adding some more anti freeze (had to get some water out) to put fresh in drain tap on near side at base of rad? Pulled some coolant out of the header tank and ran to motor to mix, didn’t want to risk damage to the tap looked a bit crusty…
So do I and never had any problemsI always use 50/50 myself.
So do I and never had any problems
Blue i think is old school ethylene glycol the red and green are modern alternates but what other colours did they have ???Went to buy some antifreeze yesterday, only to be asked ‘what colour do you want?’
Had a choice of 5 different colours.
Can anyone explain in basic terms the difference in the ‘colours’ please.
I can away with blue for the tractors and pink for one of the kids car, came with a warning not to mix the different colours!
Orange and I think she said yellow?Blue i think is old school ethylene glycol the red and green are modern alternates but what other colours did they have ???
Yellow isn’t that a rather specialist requestOrange and I think she said yellow?
Less useful when every suppliers says “what colour do you want?” And when you reply with the chemical make up you just get blank stares back…….Never assume by colour - most manufacturers stick to the the same colour scheme, but not always! Only ever buy based on the chemical type & never assume that the colour already in the engine is the right one...