blue antifreeze

[jimm1009]

Hello out there.
I'm pulling my radiator out due to some structure coming un-soldered.
My anti-freeze & water is blue. Has anyone proven that the genuine army purchased antifreeze is any better than civy green stuff or are there recommendations for antifreeze replacement?

jimm1009

 

[Westech]

I have never seen blue in the Army before, just Green and Red.
When I replace my coolant I just use premixed green. I change it every couple years anyway. There is a HD coolant that is used in over the road trucks and other HD diesel engines you can get most anyplace. ITs up to you. Me.. for how much it takes I just get the cheap stuff.

FYI there are 2 or 3 places that make all the antifreeze.. its all reboxed.

 

[GoHot229]

MoGas was dyed blue ie. militaty gas. so I wonder if the blue coolant is a military thing too?

 

[Steamynachos]

Maybe someone saw antifreeze and put windshield washing antifreeze in. My widowed neighbor was told her radiator needed antifreeze so she went to the gas station and saw a jug that said antifreeze and added it to the radiator when the guy next to her filling his truck noticed what she was doing he stopped her a little to late. So it could of happened to your truck.

 

[TexRdnec]

the truck 50/50 premixed antifreeze that i use is blue.....

 

[WillWagner]

Fleetguard antifreeze is blue, comes with the SCA's in it and it comes in concentrate or pre mixed.

 

[datsunaholic]

The antifreeze we used in the Navy in the mid 90s was blue. It was still ethylene glycol antifreeze, though the anti-corrosive components were different (per the MSDS). Been too long for me to remember what it was though.

 

[jasonjc]

The place I'm working at has the blue stuff for the school busses. Looks just like windsheld washer fluid.