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freshi
30-01-2014, 06:07 PM
Has anyone here used Redline Water Wetter or nulon BLUE coolant in our systems

I currently have a rust in the coolant system, replaced radiator, hoses, thermostat, radiator cap, flushed the hell out of it, now ive tried heaps of different coolants, when i changed coolant types i flushed the system out fully all coolants where a 60Coolant/40Water besides the oem premix....my reviews on the coolants

OEM, looses its "good stuff" pretty quick and water turns rusty

NULON GREEN Heaps better than oem and lubricated the system better u can even feel it in your fingers when u rub them together...but still got rusty but took longer than oem

So i switched over to the OAT coolant types "RED COOLANT" and got excellent results with nulon

Techtoly Red, worked good for 2weeks than started to turn rusty

NULON RED, excellent, Ive heat cycled the system with inspiring driving, and nice hot and cold weather. and for 2 months STRONG.... the coolant has not even changed color or texture not signs of rust build up and having a lower running temps in general " no computers just my hand on the radiator hose"


But has anyone tried redline water wetter in their systems, i am afraid of not lubricating the pump and seals properly


And if you have a rusty system i recommend switching to nulon red at 60/40 mix....use nulon coolant flush ...and then flush the system with deminerilzed water 4-8times (should take a solid day to flush) to get alll the old coolant and flush out...then u can try any coolant u want

Madmagna
30-01-2014, 06:31 PM
Mate your car has issues. Nulon green we have been using for more years than I can remember and to this day a system properly maintained I have not seen a hint of rust

Also I have to ask, how long for each coolant as a few months would not cut it

I agree tectalloy is crap

Mecha-wombat
31-01-2014, 04:41 PM
Yep I agree with MadMagna.

I replaced my thermostat last month and no hint of rust in my system. Nulon Green is great.

steve_bunkle
01-02-2014, 08:38 PM
Nulon green in on special at SCA at the moment. About $27 I think.

freshi
04-02-2014, 03:09 PM
previous owner neglected the car