AntiFreeze Confused?
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I found this 2007 thread on the old Roadfly forum when I was searching for something completely different (cue Monty Python background music):
Antifreeze coolant in-depth synopsis
Antifreeze coolant in-depth synopsis
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I found this 2007 thread on the old Roadfly forum when I was searching for something completely different (cue Monty Python background music):
Antifreeze coolant in-depth synopsis
Antifreeze coolant in-depth synopsis
So changing to later wss would work? read some scary stuff in some other thread....
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Indeed it is.
My car came with DOW (at least I'm pretty sure it was green). When I started servicing it myself that had changed to yellow - or was it orange? - so I assume that the dealership changed it at some point, probably when it had a reman. motor fitted in 2004.
I was aware of the confusion (i.e. I was confused) over the colour as identification so I did a full flush at my first change.There's a good article on flushing the system by Mr. Texas Dan here:
http://matt.zenfolio.com/xk-coolant-...tat---v1-1.pdf
although his choice of G-05 coolant is possibly wrong, depending on which side of the argument you take.
I now run Jaguar WSS-spec OAT coolant . Possibly that's wrong, but was the 2004 reman built with updated parts so it's not an issue?
All I can say is that I've had no issues in the last 12 years or so since I first filled with OAT, although my car doesn't see a lot of miles.
My car came with DOW (at least I'm pretty sure it was green). When I started servicing it myself that had changed to yellow - or was it orange? - so I assume that the dealership changed it at some point, probably when it had a reman. motor fitted in 2004.
I was aware of the confusion (i.e. I was confused) over the colour as identification so I did a full flush at my first change.There's a good article on flushing the system by Mr. Texas Dan here:
http://matt.zenfolio.com/xk-coolant-...tat---v1-1.pdf
although his choice of G-05 coolant is possibly wrong, depending on which side of the argument you take.
I now run Jaguar WSS-spec OAT coolant . Possibly that's wrong, but was the 2004 reman built with updated parts so it's not an issue?
All I can say is that I've had no issues in the last 12 years or so since I first filled with OAT, although my car doesn't see a lot of miles.
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