Pentosin coolant v. Porsche coolant

[Samson]

I searched and searched for the answer to my question (and probably missed), but couldn't find anything concrete.

I'm going to flush the cooling system on my '01 soon. It has the original factory fill (forget the color) and 19k miles. Porsche coolant is $23/gallon at Suncoast and Pentosin is $12/gallon from many sources.

Say I drain the coolant, run some distilled water in the system until warm, drain that, then fill with new 50/50 coolant/distilled. What coolant should I use? They are both recommended. It's not that the $20 is going to break me, but I don't like wasting money, and that $20 will buy beer. I suppose my real question is has anybody used Pentosin coolant? If so, have you had any problems?

Thanks!

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Samson

I searched and searched for the answer to my question (and probably missed), but couldn't find anything concrete.

I'm going to flush the cooling system on my '01 soon. It has the original factory fill (forget the color) and 19k miles. Porsche coolant is $23/gallon at Suncoast and Pentosin is $12/gallon from many sources.

Say I drain the coolant, run some distilled water in the system until warm, drain that, then fill with new 50/50 coolant/distilled. What coolant should I use? They are both recommended. It's not that the $20 is going to break me, but I don't like wasting money, and that $20 will buy beer. I suppose my real question is has anybody used Pentosin coolant? If so, have you had any problems?

Thanks!

Exactly how many times has this question been asked and answered?

[Samson]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Exactly how many times has this question been asked and answered?

Ok then, Mr. Bright Red text, if it's been answered so many times, show me and I'll admit defeat. There have been many threads, but no clear answers from actual users of the product(s) that I could find. There were several containing information about normal auto parts store brands, but nothing specific to Pentosin.

I'm not looking for Porsche "approved" coolants, by the way.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Samson

Ok then, Mr. Bright Red text, if it's been answered so many times, show me and I'll admit defeat. There have been many threads, but no clear answers from actual users of the product(s) that I could find. There were several containing information about normal auto parts store brands, but nothing specific to Pentosin.

I'm not looking for Porsche "approved" coolants, by the way.

In that case, use whatever you want.................

And, by-the-by, when I searched for the use of that brand, I found multiple threads containing information…………………..

[Samson]

So then, you couldn't find an answer to this question that's been asked so many times. Cool.

To ask another way, and hopefully this will result in a helpful response: will using Pentosin coolant harm/gel/generally screw up the cooling system if it's flushed in the way I listed earlier?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Samson

So then, you couldn't find an answer to this question that's been asked so many times. Cool.

To ask another way, and hopefully this will result in a helpful response: will using Pentosin coolant harm/gel/generally screw up the cooling system if it's flushed in the way I listed earlier?

In that case, use whatever you want.................

And, by-the-by, when I searched for the use of that brand, I found multiple threads containing information…………………..