Coolant

[kodpkd]

I have a 2004 Coupe. I have been doing the 30,000 mile service. I pulled a little coolant out of the reservoir. It is a brown color. Doesn't look like coolant. Maybe this car came from a warm climate, and wasn't serviced with real coolant.

What is the coolant I can use in my car? And is the Maserati coolant brown?

I changed the oil.. I used Liqui Moly. Seems like a good oil.

 

[kodpkd]

I guess I am going to spring for the AGIP coolant. $110

 

[conaero]

Paraflux is the correct coolant but saying that, coolant comes in red and blue and its the red you need, hence why you existing old coolant has gone brown.

Give it a good flush through.

 

[kodpkd]

Oh well! I bought the blue. AGIP, What is the difference? Thanks

 

[conaero]

To be honest, not much. If you can use distiller water to dilute, it will stop the system from scaling up.

 

[CatmanV2]

Erm, not 100% sure that this applies to other coolants than Blucol, but..

http://www.bluecol.co.uk/index.cfm?page=75

'Green antifreeze does not mix with long life antifreeze. Never mix the two colours in a cooling system. The organic acids in orange types will cause precipitation of silicates in the green type and corrosion protection is greatly reduced.'

I've *heard* of waterways being blocked as well, but have no direct experience of either effect, so happy to be corrected.

C

 

[kodpkd]

Decided not to go with the AGIP.. Going to flush my system,, then go with the BMW,,,, blue A/F. Easy to get,, a good price,, long life, and doesn't corrode. Used in the BMW aluminum engines.