Coolant help ASAP

[01 Spectra GT-S]

This morning my car took like no time to warm up. So i check the coolant level and yea, they are low. Below the line that say "LOW"

So what kinda of coolant the factory put in? or what kinda of coolant can I buy and refill it with?

thanks in advance

[Bo]

check the back of your owners manual any time you need to check for fluid types or amounts. Pretty much your run of the mill coolant mixed about 50/50 with water will be fine.

[iMouseGTS]

just mix in some pink coolant (if yours is pink) and some distilled water, not sure of the mixture, but 50/50 sounds right

[kxtim5]

the red fluid comes from the dealer. go to the dealer and get the toyota fluid and mix it with distilled water

[bagodoosh]

did you check while the car was running or when it cooled down?

the level goes down once the car is running. mine was way below low for a long time and it never over heated.

[Aracheon]

I heard that GM's "Dexcool" engine coolant is supposed to be better than most 'OEM' and 'aftermarket' coolants like Prestone. Anyone know anything about it?

[T3HKMAN]

Whatever coolant you use make sure it is silicate-free this is a necessity for the Celica. It will say this on the jug.

[WRENCHHEAD]

just get toyota red and mix it 50/50

[Chris25NJ]

i'm pretty sure the coolant you get from toyota is already diluted 50/50 with water..

[SexyCelica]

Nope, the directions on mine said I had to dilute it (bought about 1month ago)

[01 Spectra GT-S]

I just got the ones that say is safe for aluminum and all japanese cars. It is green and I mixed 50/50 with water...

[SexyCelica]

Someone posted about weather it was ok to use that green kind awhile back, but got no responces. Let us know how it goes!

[01 Spectra GT-S]

well i didn't completely use the whole bottle. It was at low with the both fully warmed up and fully cool, so i just filled it to full...which wasn't that much I added in.

[edgarchan]

You can simply add some distill water in to avoid the trouble.The mixture of coolant and water in the system shouldnt change much. Or u can call Redline water wetter and use distill water to top it off. I heard that stuff works really well.

[Da Kine Guy]

Well I can say that I'm never putting Toyota red in my car after seeing the residue it leaves. We stuck some in a friends car and about a month later we opened the rad cap. This light red gunk had built up around the cap and was inside the radiator. I dunno if this is that lubricant I hear about or what in Toyota red but it definately didn't look good. It also didn't seem to cool any better than the generic green stuff at the store. I go Toyota OEM for a lot of things but that coolant is a rip off (isn't it like $10-15 a gallon?) and whatever that gunk was I didn't like the looks of it.

[stevelong]

http://www.everythingcelica.com/ubbthreads/attach/154152-screen.jpg

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See the full thread (http://www.everythingcelica.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=154097&page=&view=&sb=5&o=) for more details.

[moltenice]

Im running with DEI's radiator relief and it works great.... just take a look at what they offer before you decide.www.designengineering.com (http://www.designengineering.com)