Which coolant/antifreeze for my FR?

h4mza

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I need to do coolant flush on my FR as recently had oil cooler change and coolant is black. My expansion tank says G12 and I was recommended to use Triple QX pink antifreeze but it doesn't say anything about G12 on the bottle. Having done bit of research, I found VW have discontinued G12 and G13 is the replacement. So I've found Triple QX purple antifreeze which says G13 which I assume might be the right one but I rarely see anyone using purple coolant. So quite confused which one to get. Can anyone help?
 

Legojon

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My expansion tank also says G12. But mines currently filled with G13. I'd just go for the G13. I think basically your not supposed to mix blue with any of the reds/pinks/purples. But G13 is backwards compatible with pretty much all the G12s.
 
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