What color is Prestone Heavy Duty coolant?
General Description
| Composition | Typical Values |
|---|---|
| Color | Red |
| Odor | Characteristic |
| Pack/Unit | Jug / Drum / Tote |
| Average Fluid Weight/Unitat 68°F (20°C): |
Is premixed antifreeze good?
A 50/50 mixture of antifreeze and water is the standard recommendation for most applications because it provides the best all-round cooling protection and performance for most applications. Premixed antifreeze is 50/50 and takes the guesswork out of correctly mixing antifreeze and water.
What’s the difference between heavy duty antifreeze and regular antifreeze?
Both light and heavy duty antifreeze/coolant must protect against a range of challenges that can arise in a cooling system, but the main difference is protection against pitting cavitation: heavy duty formulations contain inhibitors that protect against cavitation while light duty formulations do not.
Do I need to add water to Prestone concentrated antifreeze?
Antifreeze is often available pre-diluted. But if you obtain concentrated antifreeze, always dilute it with water before adding it to a cooling system. Adding the right amount of water provides the needed protection against both freezing and boiling over.
What is heavy duty antifreeze?
Heavy Duty Engine Coolant is a superior fully formulated engine coolant based on a proprietary formulation of corrosion inhibitors. Heavy Duty is a low silicate, phosphate and amine free ethylene glycol based product. It does not require an additional charge of supplemental coolant additive (SCA) upon initial fill.
Should I get 50/50 coolant or concentrate?
Most manufacturers recommend a 50/50 mix of antifreeze concentrate to water. Mixtures with too much water may not provide adequate boil over or freeze protection. Mixtures with too much antifreeze concentrate may actually cause over heating.
What happens if you use 100 antifreeze?
Pure antifreeze lacks sufficient heat capacity to keep the engine cool. In fact, if you put pure antifreeze into the cooling system, the heat-transfer capabilities are lowered by 35%, and it could really damage on the engine, especially in hot weather.
Will straight antifreeze hurt my engine?
Pure antifreeze-coolant isn’t nearly as efficient at getting the heat out of the engine as is antifreeze-coolant and water. Running on pure antifreeze-coolant is pure folly and only will hasten your engine’s demise.
Does Prestone 50/50 contain silicates?
For those consumers who would feel more comfortable using a phosphate-free antifreeze, our Prestone® LongLife® Premixed Antifreeze/Coolant and Prestone® Dex-Cool® Premixed LongLife® Antifreeze/ Coolant formula’s are phosphate, silicate, and borate free.