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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:31 AM
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I was planning on flushing out my coolant and adding a 60/40 mix of coolant and water and a bottle of water wetter.

Is it a good idea to use Toyota red or is any coolant fine?
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 03:28 AM
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I would stick to Toyota Red or go 100% for the Toyota Pink (which is a mix of water and coolant). I also dump in a bottle of WaterWetter as you mentioned
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 07:21 AM
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ok cause I have regular coolent mixed right now as well and it thought it would be better to stick to one kind of coolent. I live cali and its hot as F*** these last few days.

thanks
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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The Toyota red coolant is the best. It's less acidic/corrosive than the green. I noticed a lot of people who had their heater core go bad were using green coolant.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:37 AM
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I'm gonna go pick some up soon, thanks all the input guys
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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Toyota sells pre mixed and concentrated which you will need to add water. Make sure to use distilled water to keep mineral build up out of your cooling system.
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