No more "pure" G13 at dealerships

[ymz]

Feh... my wife's car developed a coolant leak while out of town, so I had her buy some distilled water to get the car home... once I fixed the hose, I had a situation with left-over highly diluted coolant in the system (couldn't flush it out completely), and... the only thing available at VW dealerships nearby is the 50/50 stuff... time to visit an aftermarket store and stock up...


Y.

 

[Cptcrnch]

At my local VW dealer (Fitzgerald VW in frederick MD) the gallon jug is premixed. The 1qt containers are still full strength and need to be diluted.

 

[gforce1108]

I'm good for a while

 

[gforce1108]

It is still readily available from chain stores in the Pentosin Brand in full strength. Idparts showed the OE VW coolant when I was shopping recently as well.

 

[DivineChaos]

here is some factory stuff. lots of looking to find this price. https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-1996-2...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

i also got to get full strength because we see -45f here. mixed a gallon of distilled water in for around 57/43.

 

[ymz]

I got some Hepu brand full-strength stuff, but... it's silly that you can't get it at the dealerships any longer...

 

[JETaah]

I got some Hepu brand full-strength stuff, but... it's silly that you can't get it at the dealerships any longer...

It is probably too hard for the techs to figure out how to dilute it.

 

[WildChild80]

I love the pentosin...

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[JETaah]

I love the pentosin...

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What’s to love?

 

[ToxicDoc]

What’s to love?

That it isn't Dexcool

 

[JETaah]

That it isn't Dexcool

OK...as long as it isn't on your cornflakes.

 

[wonneber]

OK...as long as it isn't on your cornflakes.

Obviously you make coffee with it.

 

[gforce1108]

Obviously you make coffee with it.

It's not a sweet as you hear antifreeze is supposed to be! We saw that it has a bittering agent to keep animals from drinking it. I can confirm it works

 

[[486]]

It's not a sweet as you hear antifreeze is supposed to be! We saw that it has a bittering agent to keep animals from drinking it. I can confirm it works

that's why I like and use green, it tastes better

when I put together my heating boiler it's getting a mix of all colors (all the drained antifreeze from coolant flushes at work) the barrel I've been collecting it in's current color is brown