Reply With QuoteYou should be able to get it from most auto places mate, I don't get mine from holden.
My plastic coolant overflow tank / reservior broke yesterday.
Fortunately ordered on a few months ago so I changed it using a torch last night.
One spring clip snapped when putting it back together and went awol. It could be still in the engine bay somewhere.
Anyway, I topped it up last night with water no bothering with this coolant rubbish..
Adding coolant may a good idea.... does anyone know if Supercheap sells any red coolant that suits the Astra? i.e. Nulon or Tectaloy?
Or do I have to go to Holden?
I know that used my Holden coolant to top up a Toyota as it contained the same ingredient.
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You should be able to get it from most auto places mate, I don't get mine from holden.
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Nulon Red Long Life Concentrated Coolant suitable?
Thanks Rory.
CBF'd driving to Holden for a Litre of coolant.
Last edited by JohnBu; 19th August 2011 at 03:04 PM.
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that nulon will do.Originally Posted by JohnBu
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have a look in the car manual and see if it specifies a holden/gm spec that the coolant must have. and then compare to what it says on the nulon bottle.
most likely it does
eg the nulon one meets the following specs
General Motors
GM 1825M
GM 6277M
GM 1899M
Make me a sandwich.
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Got a bottle in front of me of the Nulon red long life 100% concentrated collant. Rear says; gm 1899 m , gm 1825 m and gm6277 m. which is mentioned in the book too.
Last edited by dutchy; 19th August 2011 at 03:36 PM.
New, Peugeot 308 GTi 270 MY18 Pearlescent White.
Old, now in the capable hands of Sskustomz; 2013 Astra sport 1.6T, asteroid grey, AFL+ adaptive bi-xenon headlights, FlexRide adaptive chassis control, 19" wheels, group buy door sill plates, carbon tint, de-lettered, smoked side indicators, Mtech short shifter, GM pedal covers, EDS Motorsport ipf stage 1
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Great..
it's gotta be better than that Mount Franklin variety.
I may pick up a 5L bottle.. will use it for the next coolant flush.
Last edited by JohnBu; 19th August 2011 at 03:43 PM.
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i no longer use a "coolant" at all
i use redline water wetter and distilled water, thats it.
after a fair bit of research i decided ethylene glycol is actually unnecessary and bad for australian conditions.
Last edited by Shay; 19th August 2011 at 04:11 PM.
Shay,
Interesting theory, I understand why it may be unnecessary in most of Aust for the average car.. however, for a turbo car, I would say it's necessary, plus the fact in Melb we also go to the snow at times where water may freeze.
But why 'bad'?
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