![]() ![]() There is a distinct coolant for each car model and year, and each manufacturer has produced or requires its coolant. Yes, Toyotas need a special coolant that is compatible with their engines. The green coolant consists of chemicals such as boron and silicate which can damage Toyota’s engine cooling system. ![]() Green coolant is typically used in American cars and is not compatible with Toyota’s engine coolant. No, you should not use green coolant in Toyota. It is best to use the same type of coolant that was originally used in your car. The two coolants have different chemical makeups and mixing them can cause corrosion in your engine. Yes, you can mix red and pink coolant, but it is not recommended. ![]() ![]() Any price and availability information displayed on at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product. Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Prices pulled from the Amazon Product Advertising API on: Red coolant typically has a higher boiling point and can withstand higher temperatures than pink coolant. The color difference is due to the different ingredients used in each coolant. Pink coolant is typically used in European cars while red is used in Asian cars. Toyota Red is available in its undiluted form while the pink coolant is only available as a 50/50 mixture of water and antifreeze. The main difference between the two is their chemical makeup and how they protect your engine. What’s the Difference Between Red And Pink Toyota Coolant? However, some of its cars use the pink-colored coolant that is available as an alternative. Toyota uses a red coolant that is suitable for most of its vehicles. Toyota is one of those brands that have special coolants for their cars, and the owner’s manuals for each model include the suggested coolants. In either case the red was always good for me in the 22R-E with old school rad and heater core, so I stuck with it.Īll of it has me of the mind to fill everything with distilled water and move to a place where it never goes below freezing.Most automobile manufacturers produce unique engine coolants for their vehicle lineups. They are also constantly tinkering with service intervals and I wonder if that's got to do with the length of time the protection lasts as the metals present in the engines changed. With all new cars having no brass left there's no reason for IAT at all and I wonder if the Toyota red/pink have slowly changed over the past 20 years to accommodate that. With an aluminum head my feeling is low-silicate OAT to protect the long block but a true OAT would lead to earlier failure of the brass, thus Toyota's specifying a hybrid that is supposed to split the difference when they still used brass components. The traditional IAT green is fine, probably the best choice, for an iron block, iron head, brass radiator like the FJ40. Don't worry about the color so much but the formulation. Are the radiator and heater core in an 80 brass or aluminum? If it's aluminum you want OAT most likely. Since I do not want silicates in my engine I have decided to swallow the Mama Toyoda price and I did a very early flush because I've seen with my own eyes the gray sludge you get with incompatible IAT and OAT types are mixed. In this case I want the coolant to be uniform and the only way it seems you can guarantee formulation is to either pay for the overpriced Toyota red or pink or do a complete conversion to Prestone. I did another flush and fill with Toyota pink recently. No one could tell me if it was OAT green or not so the dealer flushed and refilled with Toyota red. My Taco had green in it when I bought it. So I'm not sure what you get anymore without reading the label at the NAPA and consulting your chemical handbook. In a Honda the two green coolants would not be compatible. The old green used to mean straight up inorganic silicated ethylene glycol G-05 but now some brands, like Honda, have an OAT green. You can't trust the color anymore, there is hybrid OAT green now. ![]()
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