Coolant 50-50 or 100%?

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Coolant 50-50 or 100%?

Postby Sanfer » Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:23 am

The Nissan Blue Coolant is a 50-50 mix.
Can I use a 100% pure instead?
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Postby Gottcha86 » Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:37 am

No you do not want 100% pure antifreeze. It needs to be mixed with water and 50/50 is a good mix unless you live in the Arctic Circle then you could go with a 70/30.

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Postby Sanfer » Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:29 am

Ok got it.-
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Postby skinny2 » Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:01 am

FYI, the R51 doesn't require the blue coolant.

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Postby smj999smj » Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:38 am

Nissan Blue anti-freeze is pre-mixed, so you don't add any water to it. Nissan Green is not pre-mixed, so you would mix it 50/50 with distilled water. Tap water is not recommended.

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Postby Sanfer » Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:39 pm

I already order the Nissan Blue anti-freeze. Thanks

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Postby smj999smj » Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:20 am

It doesn't "require" Nissan Blue, but it can be used and it will blend with the green coolant already in the engine without a problem. Of course, Prestone will work, too, if you don't want to pay the premium for genuine Nissan.

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Postby Sanfer » Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:53 am

I recently bought a new Armada and I guess want to treet both same way to avoid "Pathy" from getting jelous :wink:


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