ON Topic!! Red Antifreeze available (relatively) cheap.

#1 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 10:22 PM

CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less).

It's there for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon.

And, it's the undiluted stuff!

#2 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 10:22 PM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
<Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:

>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>a gallon.

*ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)

Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?

#3 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 10:22 PM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:49:53 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli <no@no.no>
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
><Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>
>>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>>a gallon.
>
>*ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)
>
>Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
>what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?

Water pumps that last a LONG time.

Cooling systems that stay clean as a whistle....

--

Scott in Florida

#4 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 10:23 PM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:49:53 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
> <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>
>>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>>a gallon.
>
> *ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)

I know...that was silly, wasn't it?!

>
> Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
> what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?

I don't really know, but I know you're not supposed to use the 'green'
stuff, OR the stuff that says "Safe for all cooling systems" in a modern
Toyota...

#5 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 10:23 PM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:56:30 -0800, Bill Tuthill wrote:

> Hachiroku ?+O+A+m+/ <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
>> CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>> a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
>> in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less). It's there
>> for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon. And, it's undiluted!
>
> Is this the ethylene glycol based non-silicate, non-amine, non-nitrite,
> non-borate, phosphate carrying hybrid organic acid technology (OAT)
> to which the Toyota owner's manual alludes?

This is the Real Motherf@ckin' Deal, y'all (to borrow from Aaron Lewis of
Staind...)

Says Toyota right on it, distributed by Toyota Motor, Long Beach,
California...

I was surprised as HELL to see it sitting on a shelf in a CarQuest!!!

#6 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 10:23 PM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:22:40 -0800, mrv@kluge.net wrote:

> On Feb 28, 12:02Â*pm, Hachiroku ãƒãƒãƒ*ã‚¯ <Tru...@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>> CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>> a gallon. IIRC, a few people have mentioned the dealers want >$25 a gallon
>> in some cases. (um, since I get a discount, I paid even less).
>>
>> It's there for the taking! IIRC, Sale price was $19.42 a gallon.
>>
>> And, it's the undiluted stuff!
>
> So is this the LLC (which could be red or pink), or the newer SLLC
> (super long life coolant)?

I'll have to look...

#7 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 12:44 AM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:13:21 -0500, "mark_digital©"
<976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote:

>
>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>news:tngbu211lvegtnv71ih4im8d64t70qh5m4@4ax.com.. .
>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:49:53 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli <no@no.no>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:02:29 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
>>><Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>>>
>>>>CarQuest stores are now carrying REAL Toyota Red Antifreeze for under $20
>>>>a gallon.
>>>
>>>*ON* Topic? Are you sure you're in the right newsgroup? ;-)
>>>
>>>Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
>>>what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?
>>
>> Water pumps that last a LONG time.
>>
>> Cooling systems that stay clean as a whistle....
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Scott in Florida
>>
>>
>Speaking of pumps, do you have flood insurance?

Don't need it.

I live on a canal 22 feet above sea level.

>
--

Scott in Florida

#8 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 01:26 PM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:27:58 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
<Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:

>> Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
>> what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?
>
>I don't really know, but I know you're not supposed to use the 'green'
>stuff, OR the stuff that says "Safe for all cooling systems" in a modern
>Toyota...

Hrm. 'Modern' meaning after what model year?

#9 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 01:27 PM

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:40:11 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:27:58 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/ <Trueno@ae86.GTS>
> wrote:
>
>>> Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
>>> what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?
>>
>>I don't really know, but I know you're not supposed to use the 'green'
>>stuff, OR the stuff that says "Safe for all cooling systems" in a modern
>>Toyota...
>
> Hrm. 'Modern' meaning after what model year?

The jug says Copyright 2004...

#10 (**permalink**) 03-01-2007, 01:27 PM

"Joe Schmuckatelli" <no@no.no> wrote in message
news:t58cu29pi9qiavu3uhpn5df499v82redks@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:27:58 GMT, Hachiroku +O+A+m+/
> <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
>
>>> Now, for those of us who don't eat, sleep, breathe and excrete Toyota,
>>> what does the red stuff provide that the green stuff doesn't?
>>
>>I don't really know, but I know you're not supposed to use the 'green'
>>stuff, OR the stuff that says "Safe for all cooling systems" in a modern
>>Toyota...
>
> Hrm. 'Modern' meaning after what model year?

I know that Toyota has used the red stuff at least as far back as 1978,
although I do not remember if it was billed as long life coolant back then.

One of the problems with mixing the green stuff with the red stuff is that
the coolant ends up looking rusty, making it difficult to tell if it is in
fact rusty. The red stuff works really well, and that is the only stuff I
use in Toyotas. The cooling system in our 10 year old Avalon still looks
new.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)