What coolant does people use on the VR6

[Mawrick 0]

Just recently pulled the transmission to replace the crank sealant, also drained some of the water due to having of the valvecover, and top side panel, but I'v noticed some small occurance of corrosion in the tapped of water after it settles...., and after talking to an older mechanic he had some of the same trouble on his triumph when it sits for some time (his triumph is a summer car - and so is my Corrado so it sits during winter).

 

I'm using the red G13 from VW - which works fine, it's good on cooling etc, but I was wondering if anyone got any experience with the stuff that's not ment to be used with water - is it better?.

 

Also I use pure distilled water so that shouldn't affect it either......

[Jim Bowen 1]

Have been considering that Evans waterless coolant but still not 100% sure about it. Other than that i was going to use the vw stuff. Got a new block so like the sound of the no corrosion properties of the Evans.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Stick with VW stuff. Water has served us well for decades. That Evans stuff is better suited to race engines and if you spring a leak, it'll cost you more as it's not cheap!

[Jim 2]

I always use the VW stuff.

[g0ldf1ng3r 15]

G13++ & de-ionised water

[science 0]

^this.

[Ray1965 10]

G13++ & de-ionised water

 

Yep go with this i did a radiator change not long back and opted for this.

De-ionised Water is cheap from any supermarket.

[g0ldf1ng3r 15]

Yep go with this i did a radiator change not long back and opted for this.

De-ionised Water is cheap from any supermarket.

 

& pennies from halfords too

Edited May 14, 2015 by g0ldf1ng3r