Hi everyone,
I own a 2000 Toyota Celica GT-S 6spd, with 26,000 original miles. The car is a garage queen that only sees a few hundred miles of use per year. I need to replace the coolant, and I have run into the issue of coolant style. Since the Celica is a PIA to replace the coolant and bleed the system, I called the dealer to inquire about having it done. They want about $140.00 to do a drain and fill, which I am fine with, but they will use Toyota pink as opposed to red. I called a few different dealers, and they all basically said they just use pink for everything.
It clearly states in my owners manual that my car requires "Toyota Long Life" coolant. What the dealers are proposing is the "Toyota Super-Long Life" pink coolant.
I have read over six pages of discussion on this topic here, and I still don't have a true definitive answer. Can my car safely use the pink super long life coolant? If I was to switch to the pink, would it need a complete system flush or would a drain and fill suffice? Since my car sits for extended periods of time, I don't want any issues with the wrong coolant style eating at parts of my engine/cooling system.
The red coolant is available on Amazon, as most dealers will not even order it any longer (https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Genuine-Fluid-00272-1LLAC-01-Coolant/dp/B004SL84Z0). Even in the reviews on Amazon, there are two different opinions as to if it is the same or different. Some say red is red and that's it and others say that pink is red, just diluted to be 50/50 ready to use coolant.
All I know is that my head hurts!
Thanks,
Zack
I own a 2000 Toyota Celica GT-S 6spd, with 26,000 original miles. The car is a garage queen that only sees a few hundred miles of use per year. I need to replace the coolant, and I have run into the issue of coolant style. Since the Celica is a PIA to replace the coolant and bleed the system, I called the dealer to inquire about having it done. They want about $140.00 to do a drain and fill, which I am fine with, but they will use Toyota pink as opposed to red. I called a few different dealers, and they all basically said they just use pink for everything.
It clearly states in my owners manual that my car requires "Toyota Long Life" coolant. What the dealers are proposing is the "Toyota Super-Long Life" pink coolant.
I have read over six pages of discussion on this topic here, and I still don't have a true definitive answer. Can my car safely use the pink super long life coolant? If I was to switch to the pink, would it need a complete system flush or would a drain and fill suffice? Since my car sits for extended periods of time, I don't want any issues with the wrong coolant style eating at parts of my engine/cooling system.
The red coolant is available on Amazon, as most dealers will not even order it any longer (https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Genuine-Fluid-00272-1LLAC-01-Coolant/dp/B004SL84Z0). Even in the reviews on Amazon, there are two different opinions as to if it is the same or different. Some say red is red and that's it and others say that pink is red, just diluted to be 50/50 ready to use coolant.
All I know is that my head hurts!
Thanks,
Zack