![]() ![]() M30s OTOH, I'm pretty talented at killing those. I've tried my best to kill an m20 in the past without success, I'm not sure it's possible without really horrendous neglect. On the bright side, it's not an m5x, so it didn't 'splode or overheat. I'll probably repeat a few more times to get as much out as possible, then refill with antifreeze before the cold temperatures get here. I'll run that for a little while, then drain and fill again. I flushed and flushed and flushed, then filled with tap water. Too strong of a glycol presence combined with tap water and the depletion of the corrosion inhibitors seems to cause this sort of thing. Leftmost box on the strip for pH, that's 7.5 or less, so the additive package and reserve alkalinity had all been used up.Īccording to the InterTubes, this particular issue is why BMW specifies silicate-free coolants with distilled water for their systems. Rightmost box for freeze protection indicates freeze point -60 deg F or better, so pretty strong glycol presence. If it wasn’t, you’ll need to drain and flush the system. If it was ‘all mix, all color’, it will be fine. Author has 1.2K answers and 2.2M answer views 1 y Was it green ‘all mix’ antifreeze or was it old style glycol based antifreeze Read the bottle. Overall, mixing the green and orange coolant can damage your cars coolant system. Harley Michael Best to stay silent, if you don't know the correct answer. And the impact is very severe, as it shortens the lifespan of the coolant and causes the engine to overheat in many cases. Some driveway forensics with a coolant test strip reveals: When a green and orange antifreeze mixes, they form a thick coagulant that gums up the system. Yep, that's pretty much exactly what I'm seeing. ![]() I top them every single time they come in the shop, and the level is always "a bit low" but at the same exact level they were "a bit low" at the time before. In my experience, it will never get lower than that, but every single m50/ m52/ m54/ m56 cooling system level is always just barely below the "kalt wasser stand" after the system has been thoroughly heat cycled. Then when it cools down, the level for what ever reason is always below the "kalt wasser stand". When the cooling system is HOT, is pushes out all of the air from the expansion of the coolant, as well as a bit of the coolant. I do not have an explaination for the m20, but I believe the m50/ m52/ m54/ m56 expansion tanks were not properly designed for our climate. I do not have an explaination for why he has a chocolate milk cooling system now, but a bit of green coolant should not have caused that. Dex cool/ VW/ Audi coolant is NOT compatible with the green/ blue/ yellow coolant and will cause problems. Blue and green coolant SHOULD be completely compatible, though not the same. ![]()
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