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sirius_GTO
03-16-2007, 02:59 PM
can i put green coolant into my BMW E34? thanks a lot
M20Turbo
03-16-2007, 03:02 PM
If is BMW coolant, DO NOT USE ANYTHING BUT BMW COOLANT!!!
bimmerd00d
03-16-2007, 03:02 PM
use the OEM stuff, i'ts blue. I would not go within 10ft of my car with green coolant...ever!
Blitzkrieg Bob
03-16-2007, 03:04 PM
can i put green coolant into my BMW E34? thanks a lot


Green is for old AMC pacers
winfred
03-16-2007, 04:55 PM
green works just fine
repenttokyo
03-16-2007, 05:03 PM
my car had green in it when i bought it, i replaced it with blue. Both can be used, blue is better.
yaofeng
03-16-2007, 05:07 PM
can i put green coolant into my BMW E34? thanks a lot

I use Prestone. It is green.
Boone.Msi
03-16-2007, 05:14 PM
i heard prestone is the one to lookout for. Aparently it eats away at the aluminum... Is this true?
BuckNaked
03-16-2007, 05:28 PM
Green, orange, blue...
I had a horrible experience with orange coolant in my GMC Envoy. Cost the warrantee company $1,000 because I let that **** kill the water pump rather than pay the $250 for the chemical flush.
I would not use anything but BMW coolant. The piece of mind is worth twice the price difference.
Regardful
03-16-2007, 05:34 PM
I just changed mine on my '91 525. I used the Zerex G05 (Yellow). Here's a link to product info, and a neat chart that Zerex provides. BTW, I picked up the coolant at Autozone for somewhere around $10.99.

http://www.valvoline.com/pages/products/product_detail.asp?product=10

http://www.valvoline.com/zerex/pdf/Zerex_CoolantChart.pdf?coaid=1B5D1AEA1AFC
Zeuk in Oz
03-16-2007, 05:39 PM
can i put green coolant into my BMW E34? thanks a lot
Either is OK but Blue is better.

Just don't mix them.
yaofeng
03-16-2007, 05:47 PM
i heard prestone is the one to lookout for. Aparently it eats away at the aluminum... Is this true?

I hope not. It didn't on my SAAB's. I haven't own e34's long enough to tell (2 years on one, one on another. And the second one haven't seen the highway yet). But both of my e34's came with green coolant.
632 Regal
03-16-2007, 07:47 PM
you can if you want but it didnt come with it.

can i put green coolant into my BMW E34? thanks a lot
markus
03-16-2007, 07:57 PM
i was looking at zerex today and noticed that they dex cool orange is both silicate and phosphate free. would it be ok to use or no?
winfred
03-16-2007, 08:23 PM
dexcool should be illegal it's so bad, a few years ago there was a big class action lawsuit from all of the damages on the various cars that it comes in that it caused


i was looking at zerex today and noticed that they dex cool orange is both silicate and phosphate free. would it be ok to use or no?
BillionPa
03-16-2007, 10:00 PM
the only coolants i would put are G48 and G05 type (blue/yellow)

perhaps by green you mean a mix of the 2?... heh