Coolant for winter | Scotts Owners Club

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23rd January 2017 at 6:57 pm #4544

Mike Butler
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Good evening

Could someone please advise on what type of coolant I should be filling my flyer radiator with over the winter months

Any advise would be much appreciated

Kind regards

Mike

23rd January 2017 at 7:39 pm #15276

Deleted User
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May I refer you to page 391 in the December Yowl magazine suggesting Glycol is the only suitable

coolant for Scott radiators. Available from agricultural suppliers. Regards.

23rd January 2017 at 8:19 pm #15277

Mike Butler
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Thanks Paul
Hadn’t got round to reading your article yet
Many thanks
Mike

24th January 2017 at 10:22 am #15278

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I see that 2 ltrs Evans Vintage Cool 180 can be purchased on Ebay for £26.95 with free p/p.
Chris.

24th January 2017 at 10:01 pm #15279

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2 litres of Halford’s Silicate Antifreeze Concentrate (IAT) is just £11.99.

Graham

25th January 2017 at 10:39 am #15280

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On the subject of Glycol costs, I pay £15 for five litres at the local agriculture engineers.

This satisfies Scotts, A7*s and Alfa ali engines.

3rd February 2017 at 10:02 pm #15281

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i was told to use toyots antifreeze and its been fine the worst thing you can do is drain the system over winter when it dries up you will have leaks like a tap running

5th February 2017 at 1:02 pm #15282

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I have successfully used Toyota anti-freeze for many years now. No leaking problems. I can fully recommend it. In any case, use a red type anti-freeze and not a blue one.

6th February 2017 at 8:54 pm #15283

BRIAN MARSHALL
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My local car accessory/spares shop sells two or three different red coolants such as the type recommended for VW/Audi/Seat/Skoda group vehicles. Not expensive, but you use it undiluted. A traditional antifreeze additive is OK provided that it is methanol-free, and they should be used at a 30% concentration.
Brian

8th February 2017 at 9:10 am #15284

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I’m now very confused. One recommendation says use only IAT antifreeze, which I understand to be blue, but others say use red antifreeze, which I understand to be OAT. Can someone clarify this please?

Graham

8th February 2017 at 3:17 pm #15285

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Just use the normal blue Antifreeze , nothing special . This thread is getting very silly!

8th February 2017 at 5:56 pm #15286

BRIAN MARSHALL
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Yes, I think folk are not appreciating the difference between coolant and antifreeze ! Just to clarify, coolant is used neat, no dilution. Antifreeze is diluted with water.

8th February 2017 at 6:08 pm #15287

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@BRIAN MARSHALL wrote:

Yes, I think folk are not appreciating the difference between coolant and antifreeze ! Just to clarify, coolant is used neat, no dilution. Antifreeze is diluted with water.

I really don’t agree with that statement,
I think people are just going to get confused with all these opinions .

10th February 2017 at 10:09 am #15288

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I A T relates to Institute of Automobile Technology, not a specific item

10th February 2017 at 10:29 am #15289

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A search of the internet indicates that IAT stands for Inorganic Additive Technology. OAT stands for Organic Acid Technology.

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