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Old 09-27-2013, 01:49 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by teleski View Post
When was green coolant discontinued by Porsche?
My 2k box received a factory reman engine in 2005 by a Porsche dealer (and had the expansion tank replaced in 2008 with no mention of coolant flush).
I received the car with green coolant which the PPI noted as incorrect. Would a dealer in 2005 have used green?
The new coolant was fazed in around 2005. Porsche was careful to make sure the green and pink coolants are totally compatible (read mixable), so adding pink to a car with green in it would not cause an issue. However, as most dealers buy coolant in bulk (usually they store it in a large 250-500 gallon tank), it took a while for most of the dealership shop area's to work off their existing stocks.

It is possible to swap out the coolant tanks in these cars without totally draining the system, so they may have just toped it up with the green stuff.
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