does anybody use Prestone® All Makes, All Models Antifreeze

[poisonspider]

neat coolant. mix with any color for cars and light trucks makes it even easier!

anybody else use this in their solara?

[Nyyankees3511]

My local oil shop put it in and mixed it with my red i dont thinks its that bad.

[Jon11582]

I used it and my waterpump litterly exploded 2 weeks later.

Not sure if thats what caused it..could have been a million other things, but it freaked me out enough to swear the stuff off and stick with Toyota red. I think I used prestone orange.

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I've been using green crap from the dealer for a long time... not sure why the dealership put green crap in, but they did

[poisonspider]

I used it and my waterpump litterly exploded 2 weeks later.

Not sure if thats what caused it..could have been a million other things, but it freaked me out enough to swear the stuff off and stick with Toyota red. I think I used prestone orange.

wait do you mean you think you used prestone orange and it exploded or the prestone stuff I am talking about.

[Nyyankees3511]

Dont worry about it. You can use this prestone stuff, its safe for all cars.

[StockSolara]

The Toyota Red Coolant and Prestone Orange has a special lubricant that will protect the water pump from prematurely failing

[Solorange]

Just to be safe just use the toyota red, it costs just as much as the prestone.

[Turbosolara]

^ I agree you should use toyota red no matter what because they have speical addictive to help you prolong the water pump life. I dont think all the water pump were made in same materials and design. Toyota red is not expensive anyway and i was told you only can use it in toyota.

[Jon11582]

^ I agree you should use toyota red no matter what because they have speical addictive to help you prolong the water pump life. I dont think all the water pump were made in same materials and design. Toyota red is not expensive anyway and i was told you only can use it in toyota.

That pretty much sums up my feelings. I thought Prestone orange was the "all make and models" type...maybe its not?

My water pump did explode, but it probably wasnt a cause of the coolant type I had in there.

If I had to make an educated guess, I think its because I didnt premix it (I did 50% coolant straight in, then 50% water). At some point before the water was able to circulate enough to mix completely with the coolant, it might have dropped below freezing, causing the water portion to freeze and expand and rip up my cooling system, including my water pump. When the guy opened it up, he said there were metal shards all over the place. Could have also been because I think I used hose water instead of distilled water. Could have been a million things.

But i'm still sticking to Toyota Red. It only gets changed once every 2-3 years anyways.