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Old 05-27-2017, 01:29 PM   #2
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The risk is whether the previous owner had fully flushed out the OEM coolant before re-filling with Prestone. If so, then there isn't any likely damage. But you will have to do a full flush (maybe two) to get all of the Prestone out before re-filling with the OEM coolant. This is because the Porsche OEM coolant isn't compatible with aftermarket coolants like Prestone.

Also, there is a chance that the green coolant was OEM. Porsche used green OEM coolant up until around 2005 and then switched over to the pink stuff. If the coolant in your car hadn't ever been changed (some owners believe that the coolant is lifetime and never has to be changed) there is a chance that it still had the green OEM coolant in it.

Bottom line: Flush out the green coolant completely and then re-fill with the pink OEM and you should be good to go with no worries.
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