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Old 03-20-2015, 10:39 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by housecat View Post
I couldn't find the part in the owner's manual that says mixing coolants reduces life, but I do believe you that mixing certain coolants will decrease coolant performance/life, and can even solidify and clog up the system when mixing the wrong chemicals. However, the coolant I mixed with the factory coolant is ethylene-glycol based and silicon free, so hopefully nothing catastrophic will happen.

I'll flush the coolant earlier than normal to be on the safe side. Next time I'll wait until I can get my hands on the OEM coolant before adding any.
Here's an interesting write up.

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...nt-amp-Testing
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