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MG MGF Technical - Coolant query

Just bought a bottle of antifreeze for the F - never really bothered too much about checking the coolant before, but a quick talking to while I was at tech-speed has convinced me that I should be chcking this much more often!

The RAVE cd says that you can't use methanol-based coolant - that's fine. But what's all this about not using antifreeze with corrosion inhibitors? Every antifreeze I could find had them added. Is there somewhere I go to buy special CIN-free antifreeze?

Cheers,
Jamie
Jamie

Brown & Gammons at Baldock will sell you the proper stuff.
Robert
R J Hemphill

Jamie, also worth asking techspeed; they will hav ethe correct coolant available - afterall they do put in cars after they drain the system.
sprinter @home

Right-ho. Will give Tech-Speed a call. I'll save the stuff full of corrosion inhibitors for the gf's vehicle (15-yr-old VW camper - now there's a change of pace!).

Thanks, all.
Jamie
Jamie

VW Camper....air cooled no?
Neil

Good spot Neil.

Now wot yer gonner do wif it Jamie?
sprinter @home

>> VW Camper....air cooled no? <<

Not if he shoe-horns in the latest Porsche flat six into it (a la Jamie Oliver ;o))
Rob Bell

The really old split-screen and the old T2 (bay window) campers were air-cooled, as is the newer big square T25 up until about D reg. After that they're water cooled (thank god). Made damn sure that ours was the new water cooled system - heard too many horror stories about how much the air cooled system costs to replace if (when) the heat sinks go.

Jamie

Mmm... I've heard about the Porsche plan. Apparently not too expensive to convert, too. Once you've acquired your porsche engine, that is.
Jamie

This thread was discussed between 08/03/2004 and 10/03/2004

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