My old man was told that he should put red anti freeze in his mk6 escort is that right?

I thought anti freeze was anti freeze to be honest

 

Red stuff is less corrosive in water ways in head etc.Normally german cars use this but if putting in a car thats had normal blue stuff im sure you need to buy coolant flush and rinse it out thoroughly before putting red in

 

never mix the colours! as i understand, they can react and be corrosive/create air locks! just to be safe i would flush and use the one reccomended in the manual!

 

learn something new everyday

 

Must confess although Ive heard loads of times you shouldnt mix the colours, ive done so in the past and noticed no ill effects.

One thing im sure about though, is dont eat yellow snow

 

 

My mate who works at VW said if you mix the normal (motor factors) off the shelf blue stuff with the factory fit OE VW pink stuff it turns all sludgy and brown????

 

so me and the old man should be using something different then.

Hmmm how can you check what colour is in there if its been there for ages? would it still retain its colour?

 

You can't. It'll be brown and murky.
Besides, if its been in there ages you should be dumping it anyway.

Escort mk6 aint gonna be hard to flush, its not like a K series where you can never get the air out again.

I never knew about the colour differences. Mine came filled with fresh pink stuff (to match the paintwork I'd assumed ). I'd better be careful what I top up with then...

 

Just get some of this.