Toyota Coolants

[ZZman]

Toyota has 2 different coolants:

Long Life: Red in Color
Super Long Life: Pink in color

I think that the red is good for 5 yrs and the pink for 10 yrs?

Is this right? Would the red be good for about 50,000 miles or so and the pink for 100,000 miles?

 

[ZZman]

I am shooting for 30,000 miles changes but you know how time and miles fly by.

 

[charbaby]

IIRC, the RED is good for 3+ years and the PINK is good for 5/150.

 

[02zx9r]

It says on the bottle that they are good for those lengths of time, but there is no way I would go that long without doing at least a radiator drain/refill.

My plan in my corolla is a rad drain/refill every year or two years max, regardless of mileage. The $20 or so for a couple gallons of the pink every couple of years to me is worth it to keep fresh fluid/fresh additives in there.

Just my opinion

 

[ZZman]

I heard it was over $ 20.00 a gallon for it. So a couple gallons would be pushing $ 40.00-45.00. But still cheap insurance in the long run I guess.

 

[02zx9r]

10-4

 

[JohnBrowning]

I drain and refill my rad and res. on my 2003 Camry with 2AZ-FE I4. It takes exactly one gallon of the Ultra Long Life to refill the rad and res. on my car. So I have been draining and refilling like this once a year since new. I will never need to flush it and since it is pre-mixed their is no need to pick up distilled water etc.... I am considering going to an every other year routine at this point.