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Old 02-14-2011, 05:56 PM   #1
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coolant help?

Just did a coolant drain and replace water pump and thermostat.
I got about 5 gallons of coolant out but it is a yellow color. It looks clean but I noticed Porsche OEM is pink. I am worried about mixing these 2 since you never get 100% of all the old coolant out.

Should I be worried?

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Old 02-14-2011, 08:03 PM   #2
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No. But if you are. You could fill it back up with water (some would say only use distilled) run it up to temp and drain it back out. Then put the new stuff in.
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Old 02-14-2011, 09:02 PM   #3
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Good reason below.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php/topic/7640-what-coolant-to-use/page__hl__coolant

Will do one vacuum in of pure distilled water and flush just to be sure.

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