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After a run out in my car last week i decided to spend many hours cleaning and checking over the car.
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After a run out in my car last week i decided to spend many hours cleaning and checking over the car. To which i noticed the coolant level down a wee bit :?: I've been onto Porsche for a top up bottle, which they told me is a redish colour. Does anyone know why the coolant in my 2004 carrera 4s is a clearish colour :?: Porsche said that it might need changed, i've had the car 6 months and only done 3000 miles. I purchased the car from porsche glasgow, its had 2 minor and a major service. The car now has only 21500 miles on the clock. Does this sound correct
There are 2 types of coolant
Red/Pink (Lifetime)
Blue (has a lifespan of 5years)
Apparently you are not supposed to mix the different types.
if its only down a bit I'd simply top it up with Water.
Its at the age where the front rads might just be getting weepy keep an eye on the level, also the telltale sign is the smell when hot, also check the expansion tank, these are all common faults and not overly expensive to rectify, I ahve a c4s 2004 model and have had mine done mines done 27k now, Mike
Here's something I wrote in an earlier post.
The original coolant in your car (yellowish) is an Organic Acid (OAT) type. These are known as silicate-free coolants. They are supposed to last for life. Older blue coolants had to be replaced as they contained silicates that get used up over time. The later pink/red coolants are a newer technology called Hybrid Organic Acid (HOAT) which is actually an OAT coolant with some type of silicate. The are also supposed to last the lifetime of the car. You are not supposed to mix any OAT/HOAT coolants with the older silicate type as you end up with this brown sludge in you system. However the newer HOAT ones can be added to OAT coolants hence the new Porsche pink coolant can be added to the older yellowish coolant in the older 996s.
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