MFA Antifreeze?

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Does anyone have any experience with MFA fluids?

I'm thinking about going to Big O Tires to get my engine coolant replaced, and it looks like they use MFA-brand (MFA OIL Longlife Pre-Mixed 50/50 Extended Life Antifreeze & Coolant): http://lubeadvisor.mfaoil.com/en_US/equipment/mirage_es_1_2_FawEeHq4t?q=2014+mitsubishi+mirage

This is apparently an OAT (Organic Acid Technology) coolant, from an email I received from them.

Is this suitable for use in a 2014 Mirage? Mirage's manual says to use "Mitsubishi Motors Genuine Super Long Life Coolant Premium or equivalent" and equivalent means "similar high quality ethylene glycol based non-silicate, non-amine, non-nitrate and non-borate coolant with long life hybrid
organic acid technology"

I found this information on MFA's coolant: https://www.mfaoil.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sds-longlife50-50antifreeze.pdf & https://www.mfaoil.com/wp-content/uploads/Longlife-Pre-Mixed-50-50-Extended-Life-Antifreeze.pdf

I'd appreciate any responses!
 
Don't know about the MFA deal, but the Big O part certainly warrants a hard pass IMO.
 
Don't know about the MFA deal, but the Big O part certainly warrants a hard pass IMO.
Have you had bad experiences with Big O? I've been to my local shop and they've been great so far.
 
Have you had bad experiences with Big O? I've been to my local shop and they've been great so far.

Horrible experiences. To make a long story short, I had a NTB tech (same company, just rotates names back and forth) tamper with my car and then try to upsell me. I was watching in the window and witnessed the whole thing.
However, experiences can differ depending on the management of a specific location.
I was later informed by the regional manager that when they fired the tech, after severall other complaints, he punched the store manager.
Try googling Big O and/or NTB. I doubt you will find much good.
 
It's a typical private label OAT based all makes all models type antifreeze, it'll be fine in a 2014 Mirage and won't change the colour of the factory coolant.
 
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