Time to change my water pump -- what else at the same time?

[brp987]

Coolant flush. Things have changed with coolant. Car parts stores now sell pre-diluted coolant for different makes and year ranges. Coolant for early 2000s, for porsche, is pink. No idea what the difference is. Too bad, I had already gone to the grocery store to get distilled H2O.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by brp987

Coolant flush. Things have changed with coolant. Car parts stores now sell pre-diluted coolant for different makes and year ranges. Coolant for early 2000s, for porsche, is pink. No idea what the difference is. Too bad, I had already gone to the grocery store to get distilled H2O.

I could be wrong (and somebody correct me if so!)...but isn't it less expensive to buy the concentrated stuff and mix it with the much-more-reasonably-priced distilled water?

[Bush Pilot]

Originally Posted by Frodo

I could be wrong (and somebody correct me if so!)...but isn't it less expensive to buy the concentrated stuff and mix it with the much-more-reasonably-priced distilled water?

Yes it is. And the pink stuff for my 97 Porsche is readily available at the local Chinese Part Emporiums.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Bush Pilot

Yes it is. And the pink stuff for my 97 Porsche is readily available at the local Chinese Part Emporiums.

Was that really necessary " local Chinese Part Emporiums"???
I don't think most autoparts stores, especially the chains, are Chinese

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by JayG

Was that really necessary " local Chinese Part Emporiums"???
I don't think most autoparts stores, especially the chains, are Chinese

Maybe not Chinese, per se... but the majority of the parts are made in China.

Maybe we need a "Politics" board?