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G05, G12, and G48 (they have other names in other places) are all OAT-based coolants. They are all essentially compatible, but are not the same. Various additives vary not only by type by sometimes by brand. I seem to recall that certain Asian brands have very different formulations than certain European brands, despite them being the same type.
What sucks is that various companies use overlapping color-schemes on non-identical coolants. For the most part, that's ok since the base is similar, but when you get G11 or GM Dexcool in the mix, things can go sideways. IME, you have to be really careful with the bluish and orangish coolants, but most of the crazy colors are compatible (even if they're not exactly the same).
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Posts in this Thread:
- Volvo V40 2004 coolant Anders question..., Baggsly , Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:22:51
- Re: Volvo V40 2004 coolant Anders question..., SWEDECAR , Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:21:50
- not Anders, but until he answers..., AeroEd, Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:36:10
- Re: Volvo V40 2004 coolant Anders question..., No Snaab, Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:56:56
- Re: Volvo V40 2004 coolant Anders question..., LI_Dave, Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:06:54
- Re: Volvo V40 2004 coolant Anders question..., Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:20:18
- Re: Volvo V40 2004 coolant Anders question..., LI_Dave, Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:24:03
- and mercedes also..., Snowmobile , Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:26:29
- and VAG coolants..., Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:43:36
- VAG coolants...are called G12, similar to Dexcool, Bill Homer , Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:14:25
- Not exactly..., Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 3 Dec 2012 14:27:52
- Only coolant my local VW dealer sells is regular G12,, Bill Homer , Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:19:06
- g05 vs g48?, Snowmobile , Wed, 5 Dec 2012 12:59:17
- Re: g05 vs g48?, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:19:15 <-- Viewing This Message
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