Anti-freeze brand? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

ISUnorth · 07-26-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwm750

Now, if what you have is green, that shouldn't be in there and I would get it out with a complete flush. Now, feel free to fill up with a proper mixture of Dex-Cool and distilled water.

Patrick

Ah, crap. The stuff in there is green green green. Since I have only had the auto 4 months I have no idea what the previous owner or dealer might have dumped in there. Think I will visit the indie garage that services Porsches next week.

Paul · 07-26-2008, 05:44 PM

I bought my 2001 new and it came with and still has green stuff.

Techbones · 07-26-2008, 05:57 PM

986's and 996's originally came with a green antifreeze as factory fill. They then switched to a pink antifreeze as factory fill. They are compatible. If you by Porsche antifreeze from a dealer now it will be pink.

Cloudsurfer · 07-26-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul

I bought my 2001 new and it came with and still has green stuff.

Interesting. I've never seen green coolant in any "newer" (as in flat 6 and not straight 4 or V8) Porsche liquid cooled motor. Guess ya learn something new everyday!

Patrick

blue2000s · 07-26-2008, 08:03 PM

You CAN NOT go by the color. Porsche sold the same antifreeze in both green and pink.

If there's a question, I would just flush the system and used one of the coolants suggested by Mike Focke's web page

http://mike.focke.googlepages.com/antifreezeforyourboxster

I use Pentosin Lifetime myself, but they're all the same if they're on that list.

jmatta · 07-27-2008, 06:04 AM

Anyone know a good link on how to do the flush? My car is an '02 S with 13k miles and still has the original coolant.

Tool Pants · 07-27-2008, 08:39 AM

You might suck some out of the plastic tank to see what color it really is.

Adam · 07-28-2008, 03:55 PM

I have a question since we are talking about coolant. I noticed my boxster's coolant level is about 3/4" below the min level. No coolant light, but it's obviously low by looking at it. I just bought some distilled water and I'm probably just going to add a cup or two. I don't drive the car in really cold climes and sits in a heated garage....anybody see a problem with that? I don't think so. I'll probably flush the entire system soon anyway since it's almost 5 yrs old.