Grandson picked up a 2004 Lexus V6, going to do the timing belt and water pump, and asking recommendations for coolant as I've got no experience with Toyotas. Thanks
Coolant recommendations for 2004 Lexus V6, please
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Probably uses Toyota Super Long Life coolant. Its pink and pre-diluted 50/50. You can get them reasonably from your local dealer if they have an online parts store setup thru autoparts.toyota.com
Check your manual as there is a small chance that it uses the old Toyota red coolant. The changeover happened in that timeframe.
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Peak and Zerex offer pink Asian coolant formulas as well if the dealer trick doesn’t work.
Check your manual as there is a small chance that it uses the old Toyota red coolant. The changeover happened in that timeframe.
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Peak and Zerex offer pink Asian coolant formulas as well if the dealer trick doesn’t work.
I just always use OEM coolant. From what I have seen, price difference is minimal. In some cases, a person can get OEM cheaper than some of the current aftermarket offerings. Peace of mind for me, I guess. How much money does a person spend on coolant annually? A few extra bucks, at most, is worth it to me to know I am getting the right stuff.
Yup. Toyota pink is good stuff. I wouldn't use anything else
Zerex Asian red from your local auto parts store. Millions of gallons in millions of cars on the road without any problems.
Zerex Asian Red or Pentofrost A4
What is the benefit over Toyota SLLC?
The Southeastern Toyota dealers are offering an extra 25% discount presently, on top of the standard online discount. Cost per gallon is about $15. Typically around $19 or $20 without the extra 25%. Some dealers ship as well.
I have no particular issue with the Zerex or Pentosin products, but I am not sure what benefit there is to using them. Neither appear to have cost savings.
The main benefit of Zerex is its cheap and easy to get. Zerex Asian is pretty much exactly like Toyota Red LLC. Both Toyota Red and Zerex Asian use sodium benzoate and potassium phosphate as the main additives. Pink Toyota coolant uses sebacic acid and potassium hydroxide as the main additives.
If you normally buy your parts at the stealership, then there's no advantage to using Zerex except that you can find it everywhere.
I would think to use a different coolant with different additives then one would want to ensure there is none of the old stuff anywhere in the system before adding the new coolant.
Toyota says Red and Pink are fully compatible so it doesn't matter if you have some of one or the other in the system when you refill.
there was a confusion with my 2003 RAV 4 with my dealer regarding the red and pink coolant.
I think mine was red and red was used for the first change.
For the second change 6 years later and a new dealer, I was told pink was the pink should have been used before because of potential head gasket corrosion!
I would double check with toyota if I were you.PS both colors are SSL
I think mine was red and red was used for the first change.
For the second change 6 years later and a new dealer, I was told pink was the pink should have been used before because of potential head gasket corrosion!
I would double check with toyota if I were you.PS both colors are SSL
In fairness, they could be labeled differently in the UK.I thought they were both SSL.
IStand corrected
I did not notice your location in original reply..
Thanks everybody!
I am also using Peak for my 2005 Lexus ES330. Cheaper so I can change it more often without feeling bad. I made sure to do a good flush first. It is the older 10x but it seems like they recently changed that formula so you may want to look at some of their other options.
Is the PEAK 10X new formula still 2 EHA free?
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