Antifreeze colour for 98' GTi 1.8

[hardmonkeys]

In halfords now..what colour antifreeze do I need...pink or blue! It's as 1.8 GTi n/a

[barrym381]

pink g12 or purple g13

[hardmonkeys]

Hmmm either halfords or halfords advance lol none say g12 ahhh

[dom]

They should say 'suitable for VW', personally I get G13 from dealers.

[hardmonkeys]

Yeh, the pink one (advanced) said suitable for vw, the other one didn't say anything, so I bought the pink one....out of interest, what happens if I got the wrong one??

[barrym381]

Yeh, the pink one (advanced) said suitable for vw, the other one didn't say anything, so I bought the pink one....out of interest, what happens if I got the wrong one??

car will stop dead when it gets up to temp 

[dom]

Yeh, the pink one (advanced) said suitable for vw, the other one didn't say anything, so I bought the pink one....out of interest, what happens if I got the wrong one??

Not a huge amount tbh, you're just not supposed to mix them, if you do it goes all gloopy and horrible

[hardmonkeys]

Oh that's ok, I'm draining the lot tomoz! :-)