Engine coolant

[emery1990]

Is the likes of g12 coolant just normal anti freeze ? Is it oil based, reason I ask is because when filling up solar panels with glycol which is antifreeze, ive always got some left and need to fill up my coolant, so could I just use this, as its its just anti freeze. Or is g12 and other anti freeze products made more engines ? This is stuff is like £1 a litre rather than the £12 /l of g12!

[tech1889]

tps is £6/litre of g12++ i believe and as far as im told its a much better anitfreeze for the engine..

[emery1990]

ermmm, still not convinced, id be more worried about the water pump than the engine, as the engine is a big lump of metal.

[rubjonny]

nothing special about it really, most antifreeze will do same job. just a case of dont match incompatible types, mix g11 blue and g12 red and it turns to brown sluge. G12+ and ++ purple are formulated to mix with both.  if you want i can piccy the back of a bottle so you know whats in em. main thing is car antifreeze has anti-corrosion inhibitors in em, your special panel stuff may not.  car engines use a mix of metals where your panels might be all the same stuff in the coolant channels

[emery1990]

Yer this stuff is just  plain old glycol, its cooper and stainless steel.

Just would of been handy as its like £1 a litre!

Ill just get the proper stuff lol

[pluslyn]

I use Comma Xstream Red Longlife Antifreeze. (Audi/Seat/Skoda/VW), MB(325.3), MAN(324-SNF)

Pure Concentrate Ethylene glycol, silicate free with organic acid. For petrol & diesel engines Longlife 5 year Protection.

www.commaoil.com