Coolant Type

by **Dutch Master** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:07 pm

Hey can someone tell me what brand of coolant a 2000 Solara takes??..It looks like Pepto...

And does any one use Water Wetter??....

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:21 am

I use Toyota Red; I think some people earlier have indicated that prestone Ornage (GM DExcool or likewise) was alright. As soon as my current statch is over i'm going pink...YES Toyota pink...Toyota has been using Pink coolant on newer cars, its got double protection properties (lasts twice as long) as the toyota red.

by **StockSolara** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:00 am

^^^^^ Yep thats what you have to use. . . I'm using water wetter right now w/ coolant. The temperature is still the same because the cooling system is good already. Some of my other friends have to use it because their cars over heat and when they add water wetter in the overheating never happens again.

by **SleeperSolara** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:17 am

I have Toyota Red in my car.

Website · by **TRD_solaRa** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:59 pm

SleeperSolara wrote:I have Toyota Red in my car.

Same herrr . . . I would recommend gettin the same.

by **Solorange** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:04 pm

What about prestone's 50/50 coolant, the greenish yellow stuff. What do you think about that?

by **StockSolara** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:57 pm

Solorange wrote:What about prestone's 50/50 coolant, the greenish yellow stuff. What do you think about that?

That stuff isn't ok for us because it doesn't have special lubricant that our water pump needs. We can use Toyota Red Coolant or Prestone Orange

Website · by **SpeedSTARs** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:04 pm

Yup...

I use the Toyota red coolant. And instead of Redline Water Wetter, I use the Royal Purple-Purple Ice. I see no dramatic changes, just as StockSolara implies with the Water Wetter.

by **trdkamuri51o** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:28 pm

yep what they said

by **DatSRBoi** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:28 am

What is water wetter anyways? I know it helps cool off the car..But how? I have Pink in my car...Got to change it soon.

by **StockSolara** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:49 am

When your engine gets hot and the water w/ coolant goes through it will bring heat out and disperse it into the radiator so the heat maybe released into the atmosphere. After awhile when the engine gets too hot it will make hot spots because water has high surface tension than vapor bubbles will appear. When the vapor bubbles attaches to the water's suface area which means it will have less surface to release the heat into the atomosphere which conclude less cooling to the engine. When you add Water Wetter it will reduce the vapor bubbles size and surface tension dramatically so then it will beable to cool better when your engine gets extremely hot.

by **DatSRBoi** » Sun May 15, 2005 1:34 pm

I think I need one of these then..SUmmer in Texas isnt so fun and everytime I drive for like 30 minutes and get out of the car..I can really feel the car heat..Not to mention I feel the lost in power..

by **Hakuma2** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:06 pm

I was just wondering how much it costs to get the coolant changed? Because i changed my coolant and flushed radiator for like $50. Is that a ok price?

by **Hakuma2** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:06 pm

I was just wondering how much it costs to get the coolant changed? Because i changed my coolant and flushed radiator for like $50. Is that a ok price?

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:39 am

^^ changed from a local shop or from a dealership, does that include coolant *red* or their green stuff?

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