Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by Contouraholic:
On some antifreezes, the color is only that, color.



False! Guess again.



Well I've been wrong before, ask my wife!

However, I had RED ethylene glycol (NOT DEXCOOL)
in my Toyota P/U.
I did say SOME are just color. Well, at least it wasn't a repost!!
But now, to add confusion, remember, not all Green antifreeze is ethylene glycol either. .
Color IS just color. The base antifreeze is colorless and the color is used for brand identity. Like gasoline. Like Fuel oil. In NJ, the fuel oil is dyed to show it is non taxable fuel oil rather than taxable deisel fuel even though both are similar (you can run #2 fuel oil in a diesel engine, even though some of the additives are missing).


Just found an article on this:




Antifreeze info

Quote:

Toyota uses a red antifreeze in many of its products and should not be confused with the orange type long life antifreezes. it is essentially the green type of antifreeze that contains red dye to give it the red color.



Hope this isn't a repost too....

So Buzzzzzz My answer was TRUE. So there!!!

HaHa, I love internet discussions.

Last edited by Contouraholic; 11/07/03 11:18 PM.
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