Is Moper Red coolant just Dexclone?

[Fabulous50s]

Like the title says.

I have a 2020 Promaster 2500 which has Mopar Red. I was talking to a buddy, and told him I thought it was just Dexclone. He thought the Mopar Red was different.

Now I wonder....

 

[Furious]

I believe it meets the same specifications as Dexcool but it doesn't necessarily mean it is an exact formula. If you look on Dexcool products such as Zerex it claims it is compatible in Chrysler 2013+

I don't recommend mixing even if it is compatible.

 

[NiwradND]

I mix dexcool with ram and jeep coolants and never had issues. My thinking is the coolant and axle fluids are made by the same suppliers.

 

[xspeedy]

What? It doesn’t use the purple OAT? My 2020 1500 runs this.

 

[Fabulous50s]

No, it was red from the factory.

Nevertheless, it got flushed out and Peak 10x installed after the radiator started leaking at 2 years old and 35,000 miles.

 

[zrxkawboy]

it got flushed out and Peak 10x installed after the radiator started leaking at 2 years old and 35,000 miles.

I wouldn't mix the 2 coolants, but as long as you flushed the system first, it should be fine.

 

[Fabulous50s]

It's all flushed out, after thus happened.

 

[MattPersman]

Promasters come with the pinkish red 10 year/150. It’s not the old pink 5 year.

Some Bottles are more purple colored for some reason

 

[Warstud]

Like the title says.

I have a 2020 Promaster 2500 which has Mopar Red. I was talking to a buddy, and told him I thought it was just Dexclone. He thought the Mopar Red was different.

Now I wonder....

What does the Manual say to use...... MS-12106 ?

 

[Brian123]

Like the title says.

I have a 2020 Promaster 2500 which has Mopar Red. I was talking to a buddy, and told him I thought it was just Dexclone. He thought the Mopar Red was different.

Now I wonder....

Whatever coolant your car came with, that is what you should use. Here is my take on this, you can play around with different oil viscosities, use Euro Oil or whatever Walmart sells as far as oil. It is not worth playing games with Coolant because the cost is to high if something goes wrong.

I had a friend put in a certain Transmission fluid that was not speced for his Chrysler rebuilt trans, and it failed later on, of course there could have been other things going on. This Mopar Coolant is good for something like 10 years or 150K, stick with it and do not overthink this. It is not like there is a big price difference between what you are using and Dexclone.

 

[2EHA]

red is paraflu up, another euro oat copy and paste formula than can be substituted with g30 or dexcool. it was changed to purple to stop confusion with mopar’s older orange g05.