What kind of coolant does Valvoline use?

Zerex™ Antifreeze is Valvoline's primary coolant, used for factory fill in many vehicle manufacturers.

Is Valvoline coolant universal?

Valvoline Multi-Vehicle Antifreeze/Coolant is the simple and convenient universal solution that's proven to maximize engine life in all makes and models of automobiles and light duty trucks.

Does Valvoline have coolant?

Valvoline™ antifreeze products are scientifically formulated to keep your vehicle running in extreme temperatures. Find the right Valvoline antifreeze products for your vehicle.

What color is Valvoline MaxLife antifreeze?

Valvoline MaxLife engine coolant has been dyed yellow to assure color compatibility with a wide range of coolants. It has unsurpassed freeze and boil protection.

What is Hoat antifreeze coolant?

Hybrid OAT (HOAT)

For instance, a HOAT coolant is a mix of an OAT or organic acids with a silicate, which is an IAT inhibitor making them great protectors of the aluminum engine and cooling system components. Some of the coolants from this range reach a service life up to 10 years or 290,000 km.

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What are the different types of coolant?

There are three main types of coolant that car companies use: Inorganic Additive Technology (IAT), Organic Acid Technology (OAT), and Hybrid Organic Acid Technology (HOAT). Typically, older cars use IAT. It needs to be changed every two years or 24,000 miles, making it far inferior to newer formulas.

What brand is Dexcool?

Zerex Dex-Cool Antifreeze / Coolant.

Does it matter what coolant I use?

Well, you use the coolant that is specified in your owner's manual. If you just need to top it up, the recommendation is still the same, however it is unlikely to cause any serious problems if you add a litre of a different type of coolant, as long as you follow the manufacturer's maintenance schedule.

Can I switch from Dexcool to green coolant?

If you want to change over to the traditional coolant from Dexcool (I would, I've gotten to see some of the damage it's done on fairly new vehicles) then you need to flush the system. How I've seen shops do this is to start the car up and let the engine run a bit to build the coolant pressure.

Can I use universal coolant?

The term "Universal Coolant" seems like a contradiction because of all the different antifreeze requirements we just described. Even so, universal coolants are formulated to mix with virtually any coolant. The makers of these product say their antifreeze can be safely used in any year, make or model of vehicle.

Is zerex G 05 Universal?

Zerex Antifreeze by Valvoline is the answer to universal coolants.

Is zerex G 05 OAT?

Premium Member. This is what I can tell you about G05: it is a hybrd OAT formula.

What happens if you put the wrong coolant in your car?

Using the wrong coolant can lead to corrosion and other damages to the radiator, water pump, radiator hoses, cylinder gasket, and more. The best way to ensure you get the correct coolant is to have your vehicle maintenance performed by a professional auto technician.

Is all green coolant the same?

Typically, Valvoline says, coolant comes in green. But there are other colors available: orange, blue, purple, even yellow and pink. However, they're not different colors for appearance's sake. Each manufacturer designs its engines around a specific coolant or antifreeze standard with different additives.

What is the best coolant?

Can I top up engine coolant with different brand?

The short answer is that you can mix different coolant brands and mixtures as long as they are the same type of coolant. The color doesn't matter as much since it's just a dye.

How often should you change the coolant in your car?

HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU FLUSH THE COOLANT? Depending on the vehicle and the coolant, the average time between flushes is two years or 30,000 miles for silicated coolants and up to five years or 100,000 miles for an extended drain coolant. You can tell which type of coolant you have by the color.

What kind of coolant is pink?

Phosphated HOAT (P-HOAT)

This coolant comes in pink or blue colour. Phosphated HOAT uses phosphates along with organic acids to prevent corrosion. This coolant is compatible with the models from carmakers like Hyundai, KIA and Honda.

When did GM stop using Dex-cool?

Dex-Cool, which is made by Texaco, is being used exclusively by General Motors in some buildout 1995 models and all 1996 cars and trucks except Saturn and Geo. GM postponed using Dex-Cool in Saturn cars until the 1997 model year because it did not have enough data to make use of the new coolant possible in 1996 models.

Is Prestone the same as Dex-cool?

Prestone Extended Life 5/150 Antifreeze/Coolant has been approved by General Motors Corporation to be licensed as a Dex-Cool product. The antifreeze/coolant has been approved under General Motors' extended life engine coolant specification, GM 6277M.

What happens if you use regular antifreeze instead of Dex-cool?

Firstly, Dex-Cool and traditional anti-freeze don't mix well. Though they can work together in a pinch, after extended use, they can react and create a gel, which can be very damaging to multiple components of your cooling system. For that reason, the best thing for your Chevy or GM vehicle is to stick with Dex-Cool.

How do I know what type of coolant to use?

You can find HOAT coolant in yellow, orange, green, pink and blue. To make sure you're choosing the right HOAT coolant, look at the brand name, rather than the liquid's color. The HOAT formulation is a combination of the OAT formulation and the IAT formulation.

Can I use blue coolant instead of pink?

no dont mix them, pink is longer life (5 years) blue is normal (2 years) for some reason mixing the two counters the effects of the pink meaning you will still only have 2 year life. best is just to do a full coolant drop as 5 liters of pink premix is only about 12quid.

Can you mix green and yellow antifreeze?

You can mix two different colors of the same kind of coolant without any problem whatsoever. But if you mix a significant amount of one type in with the other type, you're weakening your corrosion inhibitors (it happened to my brother, and look at the condition he's in now).