Claas coolant

[Dman2]

Is manufacturers ready mixed coolant any better than ordinary antifreeze.
Big difference in price

 

[foul mouth phil]

Is manufacturers ready mixed coolant any better than ordinary antifreeze.
Big difference in price

Been told to use cases own brand of anti freeze in a newish puma, was treble the price and more than morris own brand.

 

[Lincsman]

Ready mixed is no good to me, I just top up once a year with a litre or neat stuff to keep up the additive strength. If anything used more it might be different.

 

[Qman]

My Claas combine has ready mixed John Deere coolant in her. She doesn't seem to mind and stays nice and cool.

I use the ready mixed stuff although it is dearer. They use distilled water and the ready mixed lasts a lot longer than the blue stuff.

 

[Magnus Oyke]

My Claas combine has ready mixed John Deere coolant in her. She doesn't seem to mind and stays nice and cool.

I use the ready mixed stuff although it is dearer. They use distilled water and the ready mixed lasts a lot longer than the blue stuff.

Probably running slightly cooler if anything, now it's got the best coolant on the market it in

 

[David.]

Some used to swear by Cool-Gard.
Was it necessary, or brand upselling?

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Gotta be careful not to mix oat coolant with the normal glycol as it will react and solidify

 

[Forkdriver]

Ask me how much it costs for an engine rebuild to replace the liners.

 

[RushesToo]

I'd get the COSHH sheets and compare - it will show if there is any difference in composition.

 

[quavers]

Gotta be careful not to mix oat coolant with the normal glycol as it will react and solidify

mix some in jar and tell us how you get on , supplier contacted the manufacture when i was looking a coolant like the prestone stuff that you could mix with any anti freeze , they came back to me that the only thing that you would loose the long life properties of the red anti freeze if mixed with say blue ie down from 5 years for red down to 3 years of the blue and for all the price difference i buy the red now

 

[SJRG]

mix some in jar and tell us how you get on , supplier contacted the manufacture when i was looking a coolant like the prestone stuff that you could mix with any anti freeze , they came back to me that the only thing that you would loose the long life properties of the red anti freeze if mixed with say blue ie down from 5 years for red down to 3 years of the blue and for all the price difference i buy the red now

It solidifies in the rad and heater matrix, I certainly won't make that mistake again.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

mix some in jar and tell us how you get on , supplier contacted the manufacture when i was looking a coolant like the prestone stuff that you could mix with any anti freeze , they came back to me that the only thing that you would loose the long life properties of the red anti freeze if mixed with say blue ie down from 5 years for red down to 3 years of the blue and for all the price difference i buy the red now

It’s not just a colour difference, you need to check the ingredients, not had issues personally but know of someone that has

 

[Wisconsonian]

You don't need Claas coolant, but you don't want ordinary automotive antifreeze in a typical diesel engine. You want either the old SCA type, or the newer OAT, HOAT, NOAT type from a reputable manufacturer. Cat and JD for instance, don't make their coolants, but it's made to their specs. The same company makes their own brand of similar formulation that's just as good, but also makes many coolants that are not suitable for sleeved diesel engines.

Concentrate mixed with distilled, or RO, or rainwater, is fine if you can get it cheaper than premix.

 

[ford 7810]

Here’s the two coolants I use red one for modern stuff it’s got the part number for the Mercedes engine in the claas forage harvester and the same numbers what’s on the John Deere coolant drum, the HD green I use in

the older Ford tractors

 

[box]

This is me at the dealership when the man behind the counter recommends genuine coolant or my liners will go porous:

A couple of hundred bucks every 2/3/5 years for genuine coolant isn't the end of the world.