what the hell is this green fluid

[1985bmw325e]

... who takes their car to a mechanic to have a hose replaced or the clamp on it tightened? seriously.. that is a 5 minute job.

if you say so, i'm going downstiars to do it myself.

[BMW BMXER]

I have 28k miles on the green coolant...

[nando]

I have 28k miles on the green coolant...

what's your point? it doesn't mean that nothing bad is happening. 28k isn't really that many miles, really. it probably takes a while to happen, I saw it a lot on engine cores that came in when I worked for Jasper. I'd rather not risk it, not when a gallon of BMW coolant is less than $10. plus, the blue stuff looks cool ;)

[BMW BMXER]

280, 000 miles isn't a lot anymore?

Actualy I have 280, 390 now.

I have never seen the blue stuff in my life. Maybe I will look into it.

[bimmerphile]

... who takes their car to a mechanic to have a hose replaced or the clamp on it tightened? seriously.. that is a 5 minute job.

The dude that didn't know it was coolant?

[Nick325is]

My car came with green coolant. It has 130k miles....no problems. Everyone I know with e30s around here runs green coolant...no problems.....I want proof of this causing problems!!!



Nick

[Brian 89 325i]

Serious, just find the hose that leaks and replace it. Also, i could be the gasket for your throttle body heater. Happend to me once.

Brian

[Jonathan M3]

The green coolant that the original owner used corroded the head in my s14 so much that it ruined it completely, I should have changed it when I first bought the car put it probably was already corroded too much. $1600 later(might as well get a ported one since I was replacing it ;) ), I use the bmw blue coolant only.

[1985bmw325e]

i already replaced it by myself, i thought it was more than just a hose problem, and you might be right

[325 eta]

i already replaced it by myself, i thought it was more than just a hose problem, and you might be right

one more e30 owner taken under our wing of love!!!!!

[Brian 89 325i]

Yeah i only use the blue BMW coolant, My thermostat housing is all corroded. Im lucky ive got a replacement head on there otherwise it would be shot to shit too.

Brian

[KenC]

Where do you get the bmw stuff, dealer?

[Nate325ic]

my old eta's head was shot to hell when I did the rebuild on it, took it to a machine shop to be checked and they said it was a miracle the thing worked as well as it did with all the leaks it had, since then I've used the bmw coolant only

[nando]

You can get it at the dealer, most shops that work on BMW (Mercedes coolant works too), and several places online, including bavauto. should be under $10, depending on how much they gouge you.

hmm, $10, or $500-$1000 for a new head? ;)

[cramer]

Ok lets get some facts out there. G11 is available in green or blue.. blue is the color BMW and VW like to use and charge you more $$ for... it is phosphate free. You can walk into your local autoparts store and buy the same G11 phosphate free but in green. I have used both and when i switched from green to blue G11 in my corrado after 180k miles (doing a full coolant system replacement) there was no excessive corrosion. Now the new cars run G12 (pink at VW and BMW) this is the one you do not want to substitute G11 for... will turn to crap inside your block when the 2 mix.