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Re-Carbed
Posted 14/1/2017 3:25 PM (#723204)
Subject: Coolant
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Decided to drain and flush my coolant as it probably hasn't been done since 1993. What a pig! The head on the lower rad hose jubilee clip just crumbled to dust and I had to remove the rad to rip it off with mole grips. My question is - has anyone replaced the previous green/blue antifreeze with red OAT? I have filled my cooling system with water to allowit to flush for a week and I well flushed the rad when it was out. I've got a couple of litres of conc red oat in the shed and would like to use it for the refil. It is ethylene glycol based and conforms to the same BS as in Haynes. Anyone done this before?
DotMatrix
Posted 14/1/2017 4:58 PM (#723205 - in reply to #723204)
Subject: RE: Coolant


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Location: Jelling, Denmark		I dont know for sure if the coolant you talk about will work but would imagine it would work fine.
But i would put a bit of antifreeze in the system until you flush it the next time. It could freeze one of these comming nights.
Re-Carbed
Posted 14/1/2017 5:06 PM (#723206 - in reply to #723205)
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DotMatrix - 14/1/2017 4:58 PM

I dont know for sure if the coolant you talk about will work but would imagine it would work fine.
But i would put a bit of antifreeze in the system until you flush it the next time. It could freeze one of these comming nights.


I hadn't thought of that! Well said.
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Posted 15/1/2017 1:31 PM (#723209 - in reply to #723206)
Subject: RE: Coolant
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Re-Carbed - 14/1/2017 5:06 PM

DotMatrix - 14/1/2017 4:58 PM

I dont know for sure if the coolant you talk about will work but would imagine it would work fine.
But i would put a bit of antifreeze in the system until you flush it the next time. It could freeze one of these comming nights.


I hadn't thought of that! Well said.


Went out, flushed it again and put the OAT in - let's see what happens....
Re-Carbed
Posted 4/2/2017 9:21 PM (#723247 - in reply to #723209)
Subject: RE: Coolant
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Re-Carbed - 15/1/2017 1:31 PM

Re-Carbed - 14/1/2017 5:06 PM

DotMatrix - 14/1/2017 4:58 PM

I dont know for sure if the coolant you talk about will work but would imagine it would work fine.
But i would put a bit of antifreeze in the system until you flush it the next time. It could freeze one of these comming nights.


I hadn't thought of that! Well said.


Went out, flushed it again and put the OAT in - let's see what happens....


*Update* - been on a couple of long trips and have been out for a few razzes in the countryside since the coolant change and it all seems Ok.
pickford
Posted 4/2/2017 10:24 PM (#723248 - in reply to #723204)
Subject: RE: Coolant


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Location: brighouse just shy huddersfield		all the later rovers are on red so should be fine
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Posted 5/2/2017 11:20 AM (#723250 - in reply to #723248)
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pickford - 4/2/2017 11:24 PM

all the later rovers are on red so should be fine


In denmark i went to a place that sells very cheap car parts. They had both blue, red and yellow coolant but they were roughly the same price and all ethanol based.
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Posted 7/2/2017 7:30 PM (#723259 - in reply to #723204)
Subject: RE: Coolant
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Location: Wolverhampton		Up until the early 2000s all mg Rover products used unipart green coolant which wasn't oat based. You shouldn't have a problem with using oat at all.
I'd say it would just be rusty sludge if it hadn't been done since 1993 too
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