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Old 09-17-2015, 05:51 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Jamesp View Post
So you likely have "coolant pudding" instead of coolant. The car uses pink coolant from the factory. Dumping in green prestone causes a chemical reaction that thickens the coolant making it unable to efficiently cool the car.
That's not completely correct. There has also been green factory coolant. Porsche has also used yellow. The current color is pink

I just changed my WP and coolant and what came out was green and it was factory coolant
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