ON Topic!! Red Antifreeze available (relatively) cheap.

CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less).

It's there for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon.

And, it's the undiluted stuff!

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
<Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
[color=blue]
>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>a gallon.[/color]

*ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)

Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?

Hachiroku ?+O+A+m+/ <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:[color=blue]
> CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
> a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
> in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less). It's there
> for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon. And, it's undiluted![/color]

Is this the ethylene glycol based non-silicate, non-amine, non-nitrite,
non-borate, phosphate carrying hybrid organic acid technology (OAT)
to which the Toyota owner's manual alludes?

"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
news:tngbu211lvegtnv71ih4im8d64t70qh5m4@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:49:53 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli <no@no.no>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
>><Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>>>a gallon.[/color]
>>
>>*ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)
>>
>>Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
>>what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?[/color]
>
> Water pumps that last a LONG time.
>
> Cooling systems that stay clean as a whistle....
>
> --
>
>
> Scott in Florida
>
>[/color]
Speaking of pumps, do you have flood insurance?

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:49:53 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
> <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>>a gallon.[/color]
>
> *ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)[/color]

I know...that was silly, wasn't it?!

[color=blue]
>
> Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
> what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?[/color]

I don't really know, but I know you're not supposed to use the 'green'
stuff, OR the stuff that says "Safe for all cooling systems" in a modern
Toyota...

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:56:30 -0800, Bill Tuthill wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hachiroku ?+O+A+m+/ <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:[color=green]
>> CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>> a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
>> in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less). It's there
>> for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon. And, it's undiluted![/color]
>
> Is this the ethylene glycol based non-silicate, non-amine, non-nitrite,
> non-borate, phosphate carrying hybrid organic acid technology (OAT)
> to which the Toyota owner's manual alludes?[/color]

This is the Real Motherf@ckin' Deal, y'all (to borrow from Aaron Lewis of
Staind...)

Says Toyota right on it, distributed by Toyota Motor, Long Beach,
California...

I was surprised as HELL to see it sitting on a shelf in a CarQuest!!!

On Feb 28, 12:02Â*pm, Hachiroku ãƒ?ãƒ?ãƒ*ク <Tru...@ae86.GTS> wrote:[color=blue]
> CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
> a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
> in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less).
>
> It's there for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon.
>
> And, it's the undiluted stuff![/color]

So is this the LLC (which could be red or pink), or the newer SLLC
(super long life coolant)?

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:22:40 -0800, [email]mrv@kluge.net[/email] wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Feb 28, 12:02Â*pm, Hachiroku ãƒ?ãƒ?ãƒ*ク <Tru...@ae86.GTS> wrote:[color=green]
>> CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>> a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
>> in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less).
>>
>> It's there for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon.
>>
>> And, it's the undiluted stuff![/color]
>
> So is this the LLC (which could be red or pink), or the newer SLLC
> (super long life coolant)?[/color]

I'll have to look...

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:13:21 -0500, "mark_digital©"
<976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>news:tngbu211lvegtnv71ih4im8d64t70qh5m4@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:49:53 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli <no@no.no>
>> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
>>><Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>>>
>>>>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>>>>a gallon.
>>>
>>>*ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)
>>>
>>>Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
>>>what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?[/color]
>>
>> Water pumps that last a LONG time.
>>
>> Cooling systems that stay clean as a whistle....
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Scott in Florida
>>
>>[/color]
>Speaking of pumps, do you have flood insurance?[/color]

Don't need it.

I live on a canal 22 feet above sea level.

[color=blue]
>[/color]
--


Scott in Florida

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
news:nHtFh.11450$t2.9462@trndny05...[color=blue]
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:30:24 -0600, Ray O wrote:
>[color=green]
>>
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
>> news:uMsFh.11413$tA1.1277@trndny02...[color=darkred]
>>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:08:00 -0600, Ray O wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "Joe Schmuckatelli" <no@no.no> wrote in message
>>>> news:t58cu29pi9qiavu3uhpn5df499v82redks@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:27:58 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
>>>>> <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete
>>>>>>> Toyota, what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff
>>>>>>> doesn't?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't really know, but I know you're not supposed to use the 'green'
>>>>>>stuff, OR the stuff that says "Safe for all cooling systems" in a
>>>>>>modern Toyota...
>>>>>
>>>>> Hrm. 'Modern' meaning after what model year?
>>>>
>>>> I know that Toyota has used the red stuff at least as far back as 1978,
>>>> although I do not remember if it was billed as long life coolant back
>>>> then.
>>>
>>> Interesting...the '78 Corolla had green stuff, the '80 Corolla had green
>>> stuff, and the '85 Hachiroku had green stuff!
>>>[/color]
>> Green stuff new from the factory? I must be getting old![/color]
>
>
> It wasn't something they put in to ship the cars, and then replaced at the
> dealer, was it?
>[/color]

Naw, now that I think about it, the coolant was probably green back then.
Those first 5 years living in CA are a little hazy ;-)
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

Scott in Florida mumbled incoherently to the rest of alt.autos.toyota:[color=blue]
>
> Water pumps that last a LONG time.
>
> Cooling systems that stay clean as a whistle....[/color]

Been running mine on green for 3 years nearly, unless I run horrifically
concentrated quantities of green I get rust. That said the only parts that
seem to rust are the turbo water feed and its associated hard-pipes,
everything else looks clean as a whistle?!

--
J
__________________________________________
[url]http://www.jbuckle.homeip.net[/url] << My personal site
[url]http://www.aoskc.com[/url] << Ainsdale Kitesurf Club

Hachiroku ãƒ?ãƒ?ãƒ*ク wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:56:48 -0800, larry moe 'n curly wrote:[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
> > As far as protecting the cooling system, what's the difference between
> > Toyota red coolant and red Dex-cool? I realize that their additives are
> > very different, despite the similar color, but will I really hurt a Toyota
> > by running Dex-cool? I've been using it in an old Corolla that had
> > previously run nothing but Toyota red (the older kind).[/color]
>
> How old a Corolla? Like I mentioned to Ray, all the Toyotas I have ever
> had except the Scion have had green anti-freeze.[/color]

1986, made in Dec. 1985. I don't know if it came from the factory
with red or green, but the car came with a bunch of receipts for
Toyota antifreeze from the dealer.

On 1 Mar 2007 08:56:48 -0800, "larry moe 'n curly"
<larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>Bill Tuthill wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Is this the ethylene glycol based non-silicate, non-amine, non-nitrite,
>> non-borate, phosphate carrying hybrid organic acid technology (OAT)
>> to which the Toyota owner's manual alludes?[/color]
>
>As far as protecting the cooling system, what's the difference between
>Toyota red coolant and red Dex-cool? I realize that their additives
>are very different, despite the similar color, but will I really hurt
>a Toyota by running Dex-cool? I've been using it in an old Corolla
>that had previously run nothing but Toyota red (the older kind).[/color]

I've seen what dex-cool does and will never ever use it again. That
stuff gums up like crazy. I checked the coolant on a 3 year old gm
product and the coolant reservoir had thick layers of sludge from the
coolant in it. Never seen that with the green stuff. I use the green
stuff, I don't mind draining a bit more often. It's easy.