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Ollygt Regular Location: Brisbane Registered: January 2003	Re: does coolant matter? Wed, 12 February 2003 08:29 The most important is the chemical mix in the coolant, always use what the manufacturer specifies. Dad's civic had crack in the plastic radiator top tank so when I replaced that we didn't really want to pay for genuine, so I bought the same spec 50/50 ethylglycol mix (for all alloy engines) from a generic parts store and have had no problems so far (this was at least 6 months ago). The manual specified that other liquids could be used if they met that specification. But the manual also says certain fluids (Power steering fluid) can only be genuine. If the engine manual for the engine you have says "genuine only" then you'd better use genuine. If the fluid is Red its red for a reason, i.e. don't use anything else but the red type. Like Brake fluid, they're colour coded so you know exactly what fluid to use. my two cents anyway. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	does coolant matter?	draven	Mon, 10 February 2003 11:57
	Re: does coolant matter?	gianttomato	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:08
	Re: does coolant matter?	ROBBO_ma61	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:23
	Re: does coolant matter?	draven	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:23
	Re: does coolant matter?	ROBBO_ma61	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:25
	Re: does coolant matter?	ROBBO_ma61	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:26
	Re: does coolant matter?	draven	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:30
	Re: does coolant matter?	gianttomato	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:48
	Re: does coolant matter?	draven	Mon, 10 February 2003 12:24
	Re: does coolant matter?	ed_ma61	Mon, 10 February 2003 22:18
	Re: does coolant matter?	draven	Mon, 10 February 2003 23:15
	Re: does coolant matter?	Soarer	Tue, 11 February 2003 01:52
	Re: does coolant matter?	draven	Tue, 11 February 2003 01:56
	Re: does coolant matter?	silversup	Tue, 11 February 2003 02:01
	Re: does coolant matter?	Soarer	Tue, 11 February 2003 06:23
	Re: does coolant matter?	ROBBO_ma61	Tue, 11 February 2003 08:28
	Re: does coolant matter?	ZZT231	Tue, 11 February 2003 10:42
	Re: does coolant matter?	ZZT231	Tue, 11 February 2003 10:44
	Re: does coolant matter?	Cool1	Tue, 11 February 2003 10:52
	Re: does coolant matter?	biased99	Tue, 11 February 2003 12:12
	Re: does coolant matter?	silversup	Wed, 12 February 2003 00:34
	Re: does coolant matter?	gold28	Tue, 11 February 2003 23:33
	Re: does coolant matter?	Norbie	Tue, 11 February 2003 23:39
	Re: does coolant matter?	gold28	Tue, 11 February 2003 23:46
	Re: does coolant matter?	justcallmefrank	Wed, 12 February 2003 00:42
	Re: does coolant matter?	draven	Wed, 12 February 2003 07:58
	Re: does coolant matter?	Ollygt	Wed, 12 February 2003 08:29
	Re: does coolant matter?	Darkfire	Wed, 12 February 2003 09:02
	Re: does coolant matter?	ed_ma61	Wed, 12 February 2003 09:51

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