What type of coolant

[alkrisma]

Troy, the coolant in my TE310 looks green not blue. so stick with green, correct? (unless I flushed radiatiors etc). my dealer sell all euro bikes (except for indian), I'd have thought they would have used blue?

 

[krieg]

Why? When there's Engine Ice?

 

[alkrisma]

Why? When there's Engine Ice?

no overheating issue(s) [yet], just keeping it simple with old fashioned coolant. now will you tell me if it's compatible?

 

[Troy F Collins]

European antifreeze boils down(no pun) to two types......orange/pink long life DIN G 12 or standard life blue colored G 11

Husqvarna uses the blue G11 type..I honestly would not recommend mixing the blue G11 with anything else....they might be tolerable but they are two different formulations altogether....

the Honda coolant which is standard ethylene glycol would be fine only if you drained and flushed out the blue OEM coolant....

any Volks..Bmw..Merc..dealer will have a jug of blue G11...and possibly zerex makes G11 as well

 

[alkrisma]

European antifreeze boils down(no pun) to two types......orange long life DIN G 12 or standard life blue colored G 11

Husqvarna uses the blue G11 type..I honestly would not recommend mixing the blue G11 with anything else....they might be tolerable but they are two different formulations altogether....

the Honda coolant which is standard ethylene glycol would be fine only if you drained and flushed out the blue OEM coolant....

any Volks..Bmw..Merc..dealer will have a jug of blue G11...and possibly zerex makes G11 as well

thank you, the blue G11 type is what I'll look for

 

[Norman Foley]

Troy.... nice pun!
I use VW/Audi G11 to keep it simple.

 

[HuskyDude]

Troy.... nice pun!
I use VW/Audi G11 to keep it simple.

Ditto.

 

[Troy F Collins]

Troy, the coolant in my TE310 looks green not blue. so stick with green, correct? (unless I flushed radiatiors etc). my dealer sell all euro bikes (except for indian), I'd have thought they would have used blue?

Good pics and I can see the overflow bottle is filled with green colored ethylene glycol....

Possibly it was topped up at some point.......and as often is the case the G11 is not as readily available....many folks I know have mixed it with no issues.....BUT ??


like I said its possible that mixing it MIGHT be ok...or perhaps the whole system was flushed out and replaced with green.....

in terms of adding coolant or top up its just makes sense to put in the OE stuff......


at the end of the day both green and blue are both ethylene glycol but the G11 has totally different levels of phosphates and silica and also a bittering agent to turn away animals (believe it or not)

 

[alkrisma]

Good pics and I can see the overflow bottle is filled with green colored ethylene glycol....

Possibly it was topped up at some point.......and as often is the case the G11 is not as readily available....

like I said its possible that mixing it MIGHT be ok...or perhaps the whole system was flushed out and replaced with green.....

in terms of adding coolant or top up its just makes sense to put in the OE stuff......

it's brand new just out of the crate (literally) and I've only put about 150 miles on it. do they come wet from over seas? my dealer is wagnermotorsport.com, they sell aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Moto Guzzi and Husqvarna.

 

[Troy F Collins]

take the rad cap off and verify.....its probably blue

someone likely topped up the overflow bottle after the fact....it would not have been shipped like that....

yes the bikes are factory filled and sealed with the rad cap

 

[alkrisma]

take the rad cap off and verify.....its probably blue

someone likely topped up the overflow bottle after the fact....it would not have been shipped like that....

yes the bikes are factory filled and sealed with the rad cap

I checked the radiator and it's green (and coolant is low, to the top of the fins).

 

[alkrisma]

the 2009 manual shows Agip Cool and the 2010 manual shows Castrol Motorcycle Coolant ... (ethylene glycol based) <--green, correct? although my TE is a 2009 it looks like the factory used ethylene glycol based coolant?
http://www.castrolmoto.com/en/products/moto_coolant.php

 

[Troy F Collins]

I have an 09 as well and its blue agip cool G11...perhaps halfway through the year they made a production change....

sounds like your good to go....everything is fine


Krieg also mentions engine ice...thats always an option too


glad we cleared up things a bit and sorry for the confusion

 

[alkrisma]

I have an 09 as well and its blue agip cool G11...perhaps halfway through the year they made a production change....

sounds like your good to go....everything is fine


Krieg also mentions engine ice...thats always an option too


glad we cleared up things a bit and sorry for the confusion

thank you for all your help