toyota pink coolant?

[BrandonW]

i had to order one of those little football shaped gaskets while there i asked how much the toyota red coolant was and the parts guy said which one the red or pink? i said red but then i said well wait whats the pink coolant? the parts guy told me its long life

any real difference in the two other then color and it being labeled as extended life or long life?

 

[iwannadie]

As far as I remember, pink is pre mixed with water and red is straight coolant.

 

[BrandonW]

yes it is, i couldn't find anything on the pink at first by searching but i found some threads talking about the red where the pink was brought up

 

[MA70witBoost]

pink is 50/50... i think both are long life... know that pink is. Says Super Long Life Antifreeze/Coolant. Got three gallons here in my room for my cooling system after im done w/ the engine work.

 

[hvyman]

pink is 100,000 miles coolant and red is 30k coolant. if you mix red 50/50 it is still red where as the pink is actually a bright pink and in all new cars.

 

[BrandonW]

yeah found plenty of what i needed to know in these

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91335&highlight=toyota+coolant

http://www.mkiiitech.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4351#post4351

 

[hvyman]

the second link is very informative but as other have stated that Toyota pink is just 50/50 Toyota red it is completely wrong. Toyota pink and red are 2 different coolants. i dont know the exact compounds of them but i worked at Toyota long enough to know that you dont drain the pink coolant till 100k and that Toyota doesn't want you mixing pink with red. the pink might be 50/50 but i cant remember but i do know that the red is not and even when you mix 1gal of red with 1 gal of water it is still red. iirc(dont have a clue) i thought i remember jetjock saying that the red was better than the pink but i cant say for sure.

 

[jetjock]

Lol, it's the coolant thing again. I'm not going to get into this except to say Zerex recently introduced a new coolant for Asian vehicles:

http://www.valvoline.com/products/brands/zerex/antifreeze/105

It's a silicate-free phosphate HOAT, the same chemistry as OEM pink. It's the first (and currently only) non-OEM phosphate HOAT coolant available in the USA. You may want to think about why no coolant manufacturer ever bothered to make something like this before, why there's only one now, and what that tells you about coolant use in general. You may also want to think about marketing.

Only comes in premixed though. Premixed coolants are quite the scam but hey, it's your money...

 

[suprachick22]

so from reading this stuff red is the best.

 

[toyotanos]

I vote stay away from Toyota Super Long Life "Pink" coolant. Pink seems to be harder on the seals in the cooling system, but that's my opinion.
Stick with Toyota Red (Long Life) is what I would suggest. It's a bit more spendy, but it is a very good coolant. There are better coolant chemistries out there, but I would refer you to Jdub for those details.

Hyvman- There is a pink coolant that has the red chemistry, but afaik it is not available for consumers to purchase in the US. IJ had used pink in his 7M, but I think the Aus people have access to the special (pink colored/red chemical) stuff.
There are 3 toyota coolants that I know of:
Red Long Life
Pink Long Life (red chemistry, pink color. may be available non-premixed)
Pink with Super Long life (only available pre-mixed)

 

[kneedragger85]

Lol, it's the coolant thing again. I'm not going to get into this except to say Zerex recently introduced a new coolant for Asian vehicles:

http://www.valvoline.com/products/brands/zerex/antifreeze/105

It's a silicate-free phosphate HOAT, the same chemistry as OEM pink. It's the first (and currently only) non-OEM phosphate HOAT coolant available in the USA. You may want to think about why no coolant manufacturer ever bothered to make something like this before, why there's only one now, and what that tells you about coolant use in general. You may also want to think about marketing.

Only comes in premixed though. Premixed coolants are quite the scam but hey, it's your money...

This is what i'm sticking in once I put the engine back together, Zerex G-05.

Although, according to valvoline's website, the details state "Low-silicate, low-pH and phosphate-free formula" which I'm assuming is a marketing error considering below 7 is acidic and a low ph in my mind means heavily acidic.

 

[3p141592654]

But Gary, it is premixed with demineralized water for added protection and convenience. :icon_bigg

 

[BrandonW]

i'll be starting fresh, hot tanked block and cleaned head new aluminum rad and water pump

i was either going to go with the toyota red and mix it or just take the slightly more lazy way and get the toyota pink

but where might i be able to pick this up? (either order it online or maybe local)
http://www.valvoline.com/products/brands/zerex/antifreeze/105

 

[KORYTOYORTA]

Most what people said is correct about long life and super long life, i would just use red unless your really lazy and dont want to mix it or change it every 30k miles. From what i have heard you can mix them with no problems, obviously toyota doesnt want you to add red coolent to a car with pink because it would make having pink pointless because with red in the system you would have to change it at 30k. I dont see why pink coolent would be harder on the seals, they use it on all the new cars and im sure reliability was toyotas main concern when designing the coolent.

 

[WhtMa71]

No one in my town carries Zerex.. Toyota wanted $28 for a gallon of their red coolant. I went to to Mercedes and got their HOAT orange coolant for $17. HTF is Toyota going to charge more for coolant than Mercedes?

 

[BrandonW]

found out they have the zerex at the local napa here, so i'll be picking some of that up