01R/T owner writes:
Okay, I have had my car almost a year, and I am noticing the coolant is getting kinda low. I read the manual and it says that the coolant is the one fluid the dealer is not responible for. Does anyone out there know if a bottle of prestone is gonna hurt it? Is it some sort of special coolant? If you know anything please help, again my car is a 2001 neon r/t.
Bryan writes:
if your car has green, then any any quality green coolant will due. If it has Red then get the mopar or a name brand Red fluid.
Jim Waleke writes:
Chrysler sent out a bulletin warning dealerships not to mix the old and new coolants due to seal life issues. You can buy the extended drain interval fluid (5 year) by the gallon from your dealership. Order part number 05011764AB.
Greg Smith writes:
As Jim said, don't mix the green stuff with the orange long-life coolant. If you do, you will lose your 5 year or 100,000 mile coolant change interval. If the orange and green are mixed, you should then use the more conventional change interval of 2 years or 30,000 miles. The orange coolant also turns an icky brown if the green stuff is mixed in, or if UV leak detection dye is added to the coolant. It is best to use the Mopar coolant because although the GM/Havoline Dex-Cool orange coolant is very similar, it is not identical. Both the Mopar long-life orange and the Dex-Cool are Ethylene Glycol coolants with an Organic additive package, but the Mopar stuff sneaks in one inorganic aditive as well: silicates. Chrysler engineers think that the Mopar stuff is better than the Dex-Cool or its equivalents. What else would you expect them to say... Be sure to mix the coolant 50/50 with soft water. We were told when the Mopar long life was introduced back in '97 that the additives do not work well with hard water. It's best to use deionized or distilled water.
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