2008 Dodge Caravan

[beadvised]

2008 Dodge Caravan 3.3L. I am about to flush the radiator and refill. Dodge states that I have to use Mopar brand radiation fluid - HOAT equivalent. Anyone know the truth to this?

 

[Blazered]

Only use a HOAT coolant. HOAT stands for hybrid organic acid technology. You can get this with Zerex G-05; you do not have to purchase MOPAR. Whatever you do, don't use Dexcool or propylene glycol.

 

[NHGUY]

And dont use the all-brands Prestone stuff either. Ford dealers sell similar Motorcraft gold coolant (almost the same as Chrysler stuff) for less.

 

[fisher83]

NAPA sells the Zerex G-05. That is what I replaced my factory coolant with. I don't know of any other HOAT coolants.

 

[artificialist]

Zerex G-05 is an equivalent, however, it is a light yellow and the MOPAR stuff is dark orange.

However, both coolant will perform equally.

 

[Silverado12]

I got mine from NAPA (Prestone orange with the Chrysler spec).

 

[EricF]

chrysler decided to add a dye to their G-05, just to confuse things.
I still catch people trying to put dexcool in because they're going by color vs. owners manual spec.