rosedaleny806

1st question, Antifreeze on our car is Pink? WTF lol i went to get an oil change and they usually refill the fluids and he said that we dont have this kinda antifreeze? where do i get this pink antifreeze? or is it ok to put regular antifreeze?

2nd question, does anyone else's car drive like ____ in freezing weather? it seems like u hear every rattle that the car has in the damn cold? is this jus me?

thanx alot guys

BZinn1

On the antifreeze just buy the type that says it will mix with any color........I used prestone antifreeze when I changed my hoses last week.Hard to find the pink stuff around.

rosedaleny806

so i can basically use any antifreeze?

blazeplacid

you cant use ANY type.

If you go to the parts store they should have some "mix with any color" type antifreeze.

I belive it is green like the regualr stuff but its made differant

Kinda like vodka and water. Look the same but they are differant.

Anyways the mix with any is about 2 dollars more .

Just be sure to read the label.

rosedaleny806

o ok so im gonna look for mix with color antifreeze thanx alot guys

jct

Just go to Toyota and get some, that any color anti freeze is junk and bad for your car and in a few years your anti freeze stops working properly and you have to flush it out and put new stuff in.
Cause it happened on my Dad's truck.

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bigwillystyle23

mine runs bad in cold weather too. rough shifts until warm, more rattles, engine also runs a little louder.

rosedaleny806

I was thinking that i should just go to Toyota and get the pink anti freeze, I think I'd rather just do that thanx a lot
and yeah I have noticed that my engine is a lot louder when its freezing out everything makes noises.
I thought it was just me but thanx for the help.

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WAlterEgo

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well the engine runs at a higher rpm when cold. i noticed the pink antifreeze when i got my car, i was like wtf?

Chichum

just be sure you don't mix green and pink - if you're going to swich over, you need to do a full flush meaning empty it, fill it back up with the stuff you want to use (green or water), empty it, and then fill it again with green. Pink is junk and most companies don't use it anymore...

drew3007

Your owners manual will have a list of what you can use in the car. Also, there are pretty much only 2 companies out there that make antifreeze. They just have different formulas for different cars. Find the formula for your car and then just mix it with water. The color is not indicative of the formula either. Porsche anti-freeze is green, but I have seen the formula that they use in the raw state. Guess what? It is clear with a slight yellow tinge. The green color is added after. If you want pink antifreeze, then get the right formula and put a small amount of red food coloring in it. You can make it blue if you want to. The food coloring won't hurt your car a bit =). Might be a cool engine mod if you can find reliable clear radiator tubing actually. Have strange colors of antifreeze running through the car.

As for the car running a bit more rough in the cold, that is because the oil and other lubricants are thicker in the cold. Your tranny oil is the thickest kind of oil and that is why it is hard to shift before it warms up. This is normal. Only thing I could suggest is starting the car up 5 min before you have to go somewhere.

cweckel2000

The Pink antifreeze from Toyota isn't junk at all. Just go to Toyota and buy another bottle if you need it. It lasts 100k miles before you need a flush too.

When its cold any car is going to run at a higher RPM and creak / rattle. Its just the different materials in the cars like rubber getting hard and not flexing like it should.

We just notice it more because we have a glass roof.

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trdsparks

I agree, good post.

rosedaleny806

Thanx cweckle2000 and every1 else I'm just gonna go to Toyota and buy a bottle of it I hope it isn't expensive,
I've had the same antifreeze for 50k now and its still fine its just a bit low.

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blazeplacid

im sorry I thought you said you went to the dealer for an oil change.
and that the dealer was out.
Yeah always get what the car recomends.

silverstreaktc

shift at about 500 rpms higher than u normally would. don't nail the car tho. cuz thats not good for a car in the first place. yes. im a hippocrite. and no i can't spell........what were we talking about again?

chillywilly638

I bought the Pink stuff (which is red then turns pink after you add water) for $20 from Toyota.

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tC2_thumper

Yep, the pink is toyotas "high performance" antifreeze. only do that so you feel like you HAVE to go to them. but no, any anti freeze will work. but id deffffinantly say full coolant flush before swiching. but its all the same

SW_08

yea i said the same with the pink stuff.....but my car rides rough in the cold until warm but i usually cant put the car in reverse when i turn it on and live it running for 5 mins....its annoying....

rosedaleny806

yea my car does the same in the cold all the gears feel hard and i have to let it warm up for a good 20 25 mins if i want it to be warm the past 2 days its been like 10 degrees i hate it, when i try to throw it in reverse and it doesnt let me i jus throw it into 1st then bak to reverse but without moving ofcourse jus change the gears then it goes in