What coolant is the best ?

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What coolant is the best ?

Post by sportfan » Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:49 pm

Is any brand or type of antifreeze / coolant any better for our little cars ? I understand they take a special type. I 've ordered a set of those silicone hoses because my oem ones have 44,000 miles on them and I don't believe in failure maintenance.

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Re: What coolant is the best ?

Post by MadFiat » Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:56 pm

sportfan wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:49 pm Is any brand or type of antifreeze / coolant any better for our little cars ? I understand they take a special type. I 've ordered a set of those silicone hoses because my oem ones have 44,000 miles on them and I don't believe in failure maintenance.
I ordered coolant from EC.

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I don't know if it's any better than what you get at Autozone, but it can't hurt.
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Re: What coolant is the best ?

Post by sportfan » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:01 pm

Thanks MadFiat. I saw that on EC's webpage . I didn't know what to think of it. I've never heard of an organic coolant before.

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Re: What coolant is the best ?

Post by MadFiat » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:55 pm

sportfan wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:01 pm Thanks MadFiat. I saw that on EC's webpage . I didn't know what to think of it. I've never heard of an organic coolant before.
I think all modern coolants are supposed to be organic, if I'm not mistaken.
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Re: What coolant is the best ?

Post by operamatt » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:32 pm

actually tried to research some high performance coolant that i felt comfortable using in the abarth. since i am replacing the radiator hoses i purchased what the studio had. if there is something better for track use please share.
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Re: What coolant is the best ?

Post by texanbrit » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:28 am

I've don't recall anyone ever mentioning a better option than the mopar purple kool-aid.
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Re: What coolant is the best ?

Post by sportfan » Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:18 pm

I bought a gallon from the local Mopar dealership. Now another question, What does it take to flush the cooling system? I hear that on some of these newer cars you have to pull plugs out to bleed the air out.

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