Red coolant

Hey guys

So I go into Toyota today to pick up Johnny.G's new oil pump and 4 tubs of red long life coolant. He gives me the pump and 1 tub of coolant and smiles.

So I say to him I need 4 mate. And here's what he told me.

"we only ever keep 1 because we don't use it anymore we use pink instead cos it's more expensive".

WTF!!!!!!! They don't sell it just because they can sell the pink at a higher cost.

I paid for 4 tubs and he's ordered the rest in for me.

Just thought I'd share with you.

lucky I have one still sealed - robbing main dealers

Not much of a sales person.

If he had said 'better' instead of 'expensive', maybe he could have parted you with a little more of your wonder wallet filler?

Not much of a sales person.

 

If he had said 'better' instead of 'expensive', maybe he could have parted you with a little more of your wonder wallet filler?

Even if he told me it was "Deluxe" coolant I wouldn't have parted with 34.99 per tub.

Wow! That is heavy water.

I rang Toyota in Wigan yesterday for those little plastic push in clips under the bonnet of the Celica, you know the ones that pop out and hold the plastic covers in place. There are about 10 missing under the bonnet and I lost one the day I bought the car. I was expecting a pack of 20 for about £3. Oh no, they only sell them individually at £1.20 Each...!!

The guy at Wigan said " I know some of our prices are a little high" as I went mad on the phone. I replied by saying "SOME?, how about ALL of your prices are daft, are you wearing a mask?"

Robbing gits..!!

H.

you can get the pre mixed toyota coolant long life red on ebay at iirc £11 for 5 ltrs, toyota garage was selling them, with carriage it was about £13... my local toyota wanted £36 for 5 ltrs!

36 quid is for the pink stuff.

Think I may need some now!

I was told not to use the pink and only the red in the mkiv

Red is approx £16 for 5 litres from Toyota

Toyota told me yesterday that you can use both red and pink..!!

Toyota told me yesterday that you can use both red and pink..!!

I asked this quite a while ago and im sure Steve Manley told me i shouldn't use it, i will check

and try to find out why.

I asked this quite a while ago and im sure Steve Manley told me i shouldn't use it, i will check

and try to find out why.

I may be getting confused with the Celica we have just bought. That is a 2004 and it is suitable for both. Maybe the MKIV has something different about the engine?

H.

The pink is too strong for a supra.

The pink is too strong for a supra.

Funny you should say that as im sure i was told it was too corrosive for the mkiv engine

What's wrong with a basic green / blue ethylene glycol based antifreeze? Anti freeze's other main purpose apart from lowering the freezing point is to stop corrosion, I don' believe any are corrosive in themselves

H2o and Halfrauds antifreeze in mine.

Funny you should say that as im sure i was told it was too corrosive for the mkiv engine

It's an iron block, alloy headed engine with no special requirements whatsoever, Toyota would *LIKE* you to buy mega expensive antifreeze with red dye in it, but there's absolutely no need to use it.

It's an iron block, alloy headed engine with no special requirements whatsoever, Toyota would *LIKE* you to buy mega expensive antifreeze with red dye in it, but there's absolutely no need to use it.

Interesting... Seeing as my coolant's all over the drive (need to clean it before parents see it), this may save me some dough!

go for the car plan stuff Joshster

go for the car plan stuff Joshster

I were gon' fill it wit' du hose.

Dogs and cats and other animals will drink some anti freezes as they taste sweet, but it will give them renal failure if they drink much of it, so it's best hosed away as soon as possible.

Dogs and cats and other animals will drink some anti freezes as they taste sweet, but it will give them renal failure if they drink much of it, so it's best hosed away as soon as possible.

All our animals died recently

But yeah, good point, let me clean it up!

It's an iron block, alloy headed engine with no special requirements whatsoever, Toyota would *LIKE* you to buy mega expensive antifreeze with red dye in it, but there's absolutely no need to use it.