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Sorry if this is dumb of me
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Is there a specific type of Engine coolant for the Berlingo or can I use any? Noticed my coolant is below minimum earlier today
Thanks for any help
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I'd want to know why it's dropped too..
WHen re-doing my Berlingo after bypassing the matrix, I simply used a standard blue coolant at a 50/50 dilution
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To be safe, just make sure you top up with the same type.
There are two, blue and red. The red is allegedly better and longer lasting and also more expensive.
There's a theory that mixing the two is not a good idea as it reacts and goes all gloopy or something...
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I havnt checked it since I've owned it so not sure how long it has been low for and how quickly it has dropped. How do you tell which colour? I don't remember seeing a colour whilst I was looking at it
Thank you
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The red one looks more yellow coloured in the expansion tank.
Or you could drop the lot out and replace it all. I need to do mine as it only supoosedly has a 5 year lifespan and should be renewed. Mines been in there 7 years.
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Ive had my car nearly 2 years, god knows when it was last done. Maybe that may be the best option, I don't remember seeing blue at all maybe it is the red
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or maybe it's just full of muck! Get it flushed out and refilled with a good quality 50/50 mix mate. Cheap insurance, in my book...
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There is a universal coolant available which you can use to top up any colour of original coolant.
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16-05-2011, 02:56 PM
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(16-05-2011, 07:49 AM)pk7478 Wrote: (15-05-2011, 07:43 PM)lemsworld Wrote: Is there a specific type of Engine coolant for the Berlingo or can I use any? Noticed my coolant is below minimum earlier today
PSA recommends BASF Glyssantin G33
pk - Is this coolant red or blue?
Here are some photo's of the coolant tank
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From the look of these the coolant looks like the red to me as it looks yellow in colour
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