what anti-freeze / coolant

[drroberts490]

hi guys, gonna do my service next week and wondered what the best coolant is to use?

[RudeDogg1]

OAT the flourecent pink stuff in halfrauds

[drroberts490]

cool, thanks ............oh how much do i need?

[RudeDogg1]

5.5 litres i think

[RudeDogg1]

it will say in ur manual

[Jay-ZS+]

I got some from the local unipart was about £16 of 5 litres

[Dave MGT]

dont forget its a 50/50 mix. So you will infact need about 2-2.5l of actual antifreeze long as its not premixed.

[RudeDogg1]

the hafrauds stuff is ready mixed

[Jay-ZS+]

yer the unipart stuff needs mixing so prob a bit cheaper in the long run

[RudeDogg1]

think the halfords pre mixed is actualy cheaper

[RudeDogg1]

my bad its 1 quid dearer

[drroberts490]

will probually go for the halfords stuff, seen 5/40 fully synthetic oil in there aswell so will probually use that for the oil change

[RudeDogg1]

5/40 aint the right stuff for the z think its 10/40

[markyzs180]

I've been using halfords 10/40 semi and its been fine...

Be very careful with the coolant change, in fact this is the only part I would leave to a garage that can vac fill it, this will avoid any airlocks. People on here have done it themselves but I have heard more horror stories than successful ones....

[Jay-ZS+]

I flushed it out at the weekend and was tricky to get rid of any air locks tried alsorts ended up going for a spin untill the heaters started blowin in hot air and was fine. Just have to pour it in very slowly.