coolant for VW, opinions needed

avbcon12

avbcon12

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Since its a decent temp out today i was going to flush my cooling system in the 95 GTI. VW claims to require their own coolant (which for this year was G11/blue, what it currently has) and if i was to switch they just came out with a recommendation of switching to G12/pink with a full flush.

anyway, can i just use a phosphate free coolant (NOT dex-cool) from the parts store? of course all the vw people say to ONLY use the vw stuff but we all know what comes from vwvortex.....

thanks
 
avbcon12 said:
Since its a decent temp out today i was going to flush my cooling system in the 95 GTI. VW claims to require their own coolant (which for this year was G11/blue, what it currently has) and if i was to switch they just came out with a recommendation of switching to G12/pink with a full flush.

anyway, can i just use a phosphate free coolant (NOT dex-cool) from the parts store? of course all the vw people say to ONLY use the vw stuff but we all know what comes from vwvortex.....

thanks
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i'd flush it and use whatever is easiest to get(the yellow universal stuff seems pretty good, I beleive it meets the GO5 specs), since every engine out there has the same materials(iron, steel, aluminum, plastric, rubber), I see no adverse effects from doing this
 
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thats what i figured and what im going to do. i dont want to spend $20+ per gallon at the dealer. i just purchased the phosphate free universal napa stuff.
 
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Hello,

Yes, you can switch to G12 or G12++ with a complete flush. I would recommend using this coolant as it has great additives.

If you need anything else let me know. I may have a gallon or 2 of the G12, I would have to look. Probably not worth the ride for you though.
 
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