[C320-list] More about coolant

[Jack McDonough]

Warren:

Fear not.  I've used the 50/50, too, with no apparent ill effects. I think 
this whole coolant thing is much ado about nothing much.

Jack
#947


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren Updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] More about coolant


> I'm color-blind (red/green) and use the pre-mixed 50/50 that looks like 
> yellow or maybe it's green.  I'm not sure.  I can tell you it's not red. 
> I'm scared...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Lucas [mailto:teammt at atlanticbb.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:52 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] More about coolant
>
> My C320 jull 1037 came with green.  I had it flushed and filled with the 
> orange on the advice of the dealer.  Not really sure why.  I think that 
> the Californina boats were shipping with the green and the Flordia boats 
> were shipping with the orange.
>
> Marshall
>
>
>
> Marshall & Diane Lucas
> & The Merrythought Poodles
> SV Merrythought C320 # 1037
>
> On Fri, 18 May 2012 20:49:16 -0400
>  "Jack McDonough" <mcdonough5 at verizon.net> wrote:
>  Everyone says "don't mix colors" but no one explains exactly why not.
>  And no one I have seen says exactly what brand of coolant to use. This 
> sounds like voodoo.
>
>  So: What brand and what color coolant should be used in a Yanmar diesel 
> engine????
>
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>  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Budelmann"
> <krbmd77 at charter.net>
>  To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>  Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 7:04 PM
>  Subject: Re: [C320-list] More about coolant
>
>
>>  If it is orange-red then it is Dexcool 50/50.  I would not recommend
>> using  Prestone.
>>
>>  __
>>  Kurt R. Budelmann
>>  #1035
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>>  [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack
>> McDonough
>>  Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 6:54 PM
>>  To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>  Subject: [C320-list] More about coolant
>>
>>
>>  We uncovered our boat today and I checked on the engine coolant. It's 
>> red.
>>
>>  But I have nearly a gallon of Prestone 50/50 on board that is sort of
>> a  yellowish green. It's pre-diluted and says not to add water. It
>> also says it  can be added to any color anti-freeze.
>>
>>  I must have used some of it in the past because the containter's not 
>> full.
>>
>>  What say you all?
>>
>>  Jack
>>  #947
>>
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