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Sep 10, 2008 | 10:44 PM

camellips

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Lexus Red fluid VS name brand

Getting ready to winterize the GS300.Car came used with the Lexus REd.Is it really worth the bucks?Or is any compliant Fluid as good as the LExus Red?

Sep 11, 2008 | 03:27 AM

PecosBill

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If you want to use OEM, you might be able save a few bucks and get Toyota brand....

Sep 11, 2008 | 04:21 AM

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Go With The Red!

If Your Car Already Has Red Coolant, I Would Stick To The Red Coolant.

Sep 11, 2008 | 05:10 AM

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On a longevity standpoint, the OE Lexus Coolant will last longer, but really do nothing more than a standard ethylene glycol green... Service interval is all we are talking about here... green is 2 years/24k miles, toyota is either 5/100 or 7/150 I believe (there are actually two toyota coolants, one is pinkish and one is red, though they look the same to me once in the car)

Sep 11, 2008 | 10:03 PM

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One is the long life coolant and the other is the super long life coolant. The long life stuff is red, the super long life coolant is pink..

I would stick with OEM coolant!

Sep 18, 2008 | 09:44 PM

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My Toyota guy said the red actually had some salt in it that causes leaking and suggested I go green.

Sep 19, 2008 | 11:41 AM

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My Toyota guy said the red actually had some salt in it that causes leaking and suggested I go green.

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Sep 19, 2008 | 05:49 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KurtK

My Toyota guy said the red actually had some salt in it that causes leaking and suggested I go green.

Wow...LMAO...You need a new Toyota guy or a new tech.

To OP, I stay with the oem coolant. If your car comes with the red coolant then stay with the red coolant.

Sep 20, 2008 | 09:05 PM

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My Toyota guy said the red actually had some salt in it that causes leaking and suggested I go green.

Where is this guy at so I can tell all my friends to avoid him

Sep 20, 2008 | 10:43 PM

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Where is this guy at so I can tell all my friends to avoid him

Yeah, no doubt, what a complete moron that guy must be to say something like that!

Sep 21, 2008 | 12:46 AM

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i heard that some company made this coolant that is compitable with ALL cars

Sep 21, 2008 | 08:56 PM

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My Toyota guy said the red actually had some salt in it that causes leaking and suggested I go green.

He shouldn't go around tasting coolant.

Sep 23, 2008 | 05:21 PM

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i heard that some company made this coolant that is compitable with ALL cars

yup... green coolant, standard ethylene glycol, is compatible with all cars, but only has a 2 year / 24k mile life span...

prestone has a long life coolant that is also compatible with all cars, is yellow in color...

lexus red/pink will work in all cars as well, in fact, the only coolant that is so bad on engines you are only supposed to use it in GM vehicles is dex-cool... and personally, if I owned a GM, it'd keep dex-cool in not a day longer than required by warranty, and I'd exchange it for green...

Sep 28, 2008 | 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by VVT-i

Wow...LMAO...You need a new Toyota guy or a new tech.

To OP, I stay with the oem coolant. If your car comes with the red coolant then stay with the red coolant.

He knows, trust me