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Mixing VOLVO Coolant with others? 850

posted by  genie on  Mon Apr 14 11:06 CST 2003
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Hi,

I'm planning a thermostat change without a coolant flush. As my dealer sells the Volvo coolant $21 a gallon, I am somewhat encouraged to top it off with a regular coolant by the parts person in my dealer. He says Volvo coolant is almost the same with the other coolants and if I'll just top it off it should be OK. I don't know how much coolant will leak when I change the thermostat and I'm not sure if I should top it off with an off the shelf product. Any suggestion is highly appreciated. I don't want to flush the coolant because it has only been 10-11 months that it was flushed. However, if it is really detrimantal to mix Volvo coolant with any other coolant I will bite the bullet and buy a gallon from my dealer. Thanks in advance for any input. If especially mastertech and Frank would provide with an insight I'd be grateful.
Ihsan






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