What color antifreeze does dodge use

Thread Tools. I was looking under the hood tonight checking the fluid levels and when i took the cap off the radiator i was suprised to see the coolant was brown in color? I have a dodge ram View Public Profile.

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What color antifreeze does dodge use

Log in. Sign up. Home Forums March's Cummins of the Month is now open for entries! JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. What color should my coolant be? I drained and flushed a red fluid. I bought 3 gallons of pure antifreeze from the dealer and it is green:confused Sort by Oldest first Oldest first Newest first Most reactions. You can add red as a top up to green but we never add green if there is red in the unit. All this means is the red is the long life coolant that you should use and adding it to green is not detrimental. But when you add green to red you are downgrading the coolants additive package. I think you should get the red coolant. Mopar HOAT is red.

In an attempt to identify this I asked the dealer to hold the bad core so either I or they could cut it in half to analyze this issue

Log in. Sign up. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I think maybe it's a different color from the Prestone, orange maybe, but I assume that makes no difference as long as the bottle says "all vehicles" or "universal"?

Not many know the importance of the different colors that are available today. If an engine is used without coolant antifreeze , it can suffer extended damage especially during winter. Also in wintertime, water solidifies freezes and expands in volume which can crack your engine block, radiator and heater cores. It lowers the freeze point of the coolant to protect it from freezing, even in the worst winter conditions. Coolant in the summer time works as an anti-boil and protects the system components from corrosion, which is a big deal especially with aluminum components. Has the role of helping the engine to cool in the summer time it keeps the engine from boiling over. Also protects the engine from freezing during winter. Theoretically it should be good for an indefinite period.

What color antifreeze does dodge use

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Then, there's Amsoil:. Posted September 5, This is what I needed to hear.. View Public Profile. On the 3rd drain the water is usually clear. I tested it for anti-freeze and it is good to C or so. Last time I checked CLR is highly corrosive to many materials What kind of antifreeze do you guys recomend for the 4. Deals Forum. Or Fuschia? If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

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Green alone will create a corrosive system faster and have less erosion protection. Maybe after a while the purple turns Magenta? This has been my position the whole 3 years of failed attempts to correct the temp problem, but who am I? Dodge's color is what I would call orange. Engine Coolant Colour?? OhareFred Too Cool Loading Sienile Replies. A more thorough explanation. Use the stuff from the dealership. Is it pink or brown? Could wrong coolant cause this? When I did the dip test it came out kind of orange. The Dodge Charger Daytona.