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When it comes to Dexclone coolants, I've only used Prestone or house brands manufactured by Prestone like Supertech. All of these have the yellow color that has a small hint of green in certain lighting conditions (user 2EHA described it as "mello yellow" in another recent thread, which I feel is exactly on point).
I was wondering if Peak's versions of AMAM have this same color? In the various Youtube videos I've seen of Long Life and other Peak-supplied AMAMs like Autozone's extended life house brand, it doesn't seem like it - the Peak AMAM coolant seems to pour out very greenish. Like what I would think IAT conventional green would look like. I also noticed that on the SDS for Long Life, the color is described as "yellow green."
Napa's in-house brand extended life coolant used to be Prestone supplied, but it's now Peak (not sure when this change occurred, but it would have been after 2015 because that is the last time I bought this and it was Prestone supplied). The SDS for the Peak-supplied Napa AMAM describes it as "Yellow; Green."
I know dye color has no bearing on protection or performance, but I would personally prefer the coolant to have a yellow (or yellowish) color versus something more greenish, in the event that some unknowledgable mechanic should look at my coolant reservior and decide to top that off with an IAT green based solely on how it looks. Some already know this, but for those who don't, you'd be surprised how many shops out there are using old IAT silicated green in every car they service. Or they have both IAT green and AMAM available and the mechanic doesn't know any better between the two and just grabs one arbitrarily based on what is seen in the coolant reservoir.
I was wondering if Peak's versions of AMAM have this same color? In the various Youtube videos I've seen of Long Life and other Peak-supplied AMAMs like Autozone's extended life house brand, it doesn't seem like it - the Peak AMAM coolant seems to pour out very greenish. Like what I would think IAT conventional green would look like. I also noticed that on the SDS for Long Life, the color is described as "yellow green."
Napa's in-house brand extended life coolant used to be Prestone supplied, but it's now Peak (not sure when this change occurred, but it would have been after 2015 because that is the last time I bought this and it was Prestone supplied). The SDS for the Peak-supplied Napa AMAM describes it as "Yellow; Green."
I know dye color has no bearing on protection or performance, but I would personally prefer the coolant to have a yellow (or yellowish) color versus something more greenish, in the event that some unknowledgable mechanic should look at my coolant reservior and decide to top that off with an IAT green based solely on how it looks. Some already know this, but for those who don't, you'd be surprised how many shops out there are using old IAT silicated green in every car they service. Or they have both IAT green and AMAM available and the mechanic doesn't know any better between the two and just grabs one arbitrarily based on what is seen in the coolant reservoir.