If I lived in SC and needed something to top up the overflow, I'd probably use distilled water.
But you can get a gallon of premixed pink from the dealer for about 18 bucks. Your HL definitely came with Pink.
Red = 30,000 miles
Pink = 100,000 miles.
If you were really in a pinch, Peak Global Lifetime is the closest thing to Toyota Pink, or a g-05 but I would NOT use it without completely flushing the system and it would be a step down in quality.
If you were really in a pinch, Peak Global Lifetime is the closest thing to Toyota Pink, or a g-05 but I would NOT use it without completely flushing the system and it would be a step down in quality.[/QUOTE]
Toyota is really that much better ?--I'm just asking--I don't know.
IMO even if you are in a pinch only OEM should be used. I recommend that to anyone in any vehicle to stick to the OEM fluid which is specifically designed for the engine.
If you still want to take short cuts that do a thorough analysis of OTC coolants and do a COMPLETE flush before switching over. Half hearted flushes will result in coolant contamination which results in a another bag of worries.
Well, yes and no. Honda, Toyota and Nissan antifreeze are all very similar, and unfortunately there's no real aftermarket replica of them. I'm not sure why, it is completely ridiculous.
Peak Global Lifetime is the closest thing you can buy to them. It doesn't have phosphates, which is what Toyota Pink uses for protection, but the basic chemistry is the same and it doesn't contain silicates (which tend to be a problem with Honda water pumps, I haven't heard of any problems with Toyotas running coolants with it). G-05 coolants have phosphates, but they also have silicates.
Either PGL or any G-05 would work fine if you flush, and at $40 for two gallons of premix from the dealer for toyota pink I can see why people would look elsewhere. But, I'd run Toyota Pink for 100,000 miles and I'd probably only run either of those for 50,000 because of the lower amount of corrosion protection in them.
Vibe manuals say to use Dexcool, even though they come with Toyota Pink. I would never use anything like dexcool, but apparently it works in the 2.4.
And don't forget, coolants don't like to play together so you need to flush if you use something else.
[QUOTE=bepperb;1231619]"Toyota is really that much better ?"
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Well, yes and no. Honda, Toyota and Nissan antifreeze are all very similar, and unfortunately there's no real aftermarket replica of them. I'm not sure why, it is completely ridiculous.
Thanks Much for the above info---I had topped my son's Honda off with the Peak Global before knowing this. Makes me feel better. Are we Toyota owners OK going 100,000 miles on the Toyota Pink ? And if so, how many years if not 100,000 first ?
Well, some people have timing belts. For those people, I wouldn't change the coolant until the timing belt is changed because at that point I would also replace the water pump which will result in the coolant being changed.
For those with timing chains (4 cyl owners), who probably won't replace their water pump as part of prevantative maintenance, it might be prudent to change it early to preserve the pump. Open your radiator cap, how does it look? How about the overflow tank? If anything is grungy, change it. Otherwise maybe Maybe 7 years/75,000 miles to be on the safe side of what Toyota recommends wouldn't be unreasonable.
The 100K claimed by Toyota can be confidently taken for its word and the best time to flush is when the pump and belt are replaced.
My brother's 97 Civic had 165K on the original coolant, then he took it to Sears and they put in some non-OEM coolant saying the original coolant needed replacement, I bet they drained the raditor and put in some dexcool stuff. Within 10K miles his radiator shot and now he traded it in for $250 and bought a new loaded Rav4 for $33K. So a perfectly working Honda engine was ruined by using non-OEM coolants. Beyond that I leave it to you folks to investigate non-OEM coolants.
There is a reason why the owners manual specifically gives you no choice when it comes to coolants.
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