It was a green formula coolant that contained corrosion inhibitors that only lasted between 24,000 - 36,000 miles or between two to three years. Interestingly enough, up until the mid-1990s there was basically only a single type of coolant. How normally you need to flush and replenish your vehicle's coolant relies on the type of coolant. Refilling the system with the appropriate coolant and carefully measuring the dilution percentage.Adding a cleaner compound to get rid of corrosion, particles, sediment,and rust.Honda Coolant FlushĪ coolant flush or cooling system service consists of three major services. If you'd like to handle your coolant service yourself, you can still purchase coolant or antifreeze from Hare Honda directly at a good price. To shop all of our service specials click here. Hare Honda offers a collection of coolant flush coupons to help you save today. Bountiful models will not be compatible even with "universal" coolants or antifreeze. It is difficult to do your research if you plan to buy, flush, or replace the coolant in your car. There are many colors of coolants to help distinguish each including yellow, blue, red, purple green, and orange. Give the experts at Hare Honda a call at 3178544791 or schedule service online and let one of our technicians and service advisors handle your coolant flush.Įvery vehicle manufacturer, including Honda has developed its own coolant or requires a extra coolant that is unique to exact years and models. You can purchase ready-made mixtures of coolant that already have water added, or you can purchase full-strength antifreeze which needs to be diluted with distilled water before being added to the engine system. They need to be combined to create the suitable coolant. Keep in mind, you never want to pour antifreeze or water by themselves into your engine system. Interestingly enough, this isn't the first time you've heard of ethylene glycol as it is the main ingredient in the popular term "antifreeze". In colder climates, this is extremely hard. Water is used to transfer heat while ethylene glycol is used to decrease the freezing point of the liquid. Liquid coolants are often half water and half ethylene glycol.
The pre-diluted stuff is more convenient of course, but you end up paying a lot more for less coolant.Coolant, as it relates to vehicles, is typically a liquid or gas substance used to regulate the temperature of your engine.
Years ago coolant was always sold as pure coolant, and you'd have to dilute the fluid yourself with water. One thing to keep in mind with nearly every modern jug of coolant you’ll come across: They’re all pre-diluted.
All GM cars use something called Dex-Cool from the factory. Plenty of others like BMW and Volkswagen do the same thing. Many times, the coolant is actually branded for the car you’re going to put it in.įor example, Honda sells its Type 2 Antifreeze/Coolant in all its dealers. They’ll sell the coolant for your specific make and model, and it’s guaranteed to be the correct one. The easiest way to make sure you’re getting the right coolant for the job is to go to your car’s dealership. Finally, HOAT is a derivation of OAT that requires the same time change interval unless otherwise specified. General Motors vehicles use this formula and normally require a change after five years or 50,000 miles.
It needs to be changed every two years or 24,000 miles, making it far inferior to newer formulas. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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