do you use the honda stuff or do you use other brands

i used walmarts 50/50 brand today

 

Check the coolant section of your owner's manual (pg 110).

Needs to be ethylene glycol based with corrosion inhibitors specifically for an aluminum engine. If it needs diluting, use distilled water not tap water. Silicate inhibitors may cause premature pump wear or blockage of radiator passages, etc., etc.....so be darn sure you didn't use the wrong stuff!

I always add Redline Water Wetter.

 

it is glycol based and it 50/50 so i didnt have to add water.........i check with the honda dealer and they said it wasnt a problem

its silicate free

phosphate free

it was just cheaper at $7 dollars a gallon compared to $18 for 64ozs

i will spend top dollar on my 4wheelers it just didnt seem worth it

 

If it's the orange antifreeze you should be alright. The green stuff is not made for aluminum engines. And mixing the orange and green or possibly the ATV stuff with green can be very bad. The 2 do not mix and will coagulate. Which will then make a big mess inside your cooling system.
I tried mixing in an old Mazda Rx7 years ago and found out the hard way. Had to get the radiator and heater core power flushed, replace waterpump, thermostat and all new hoses. What a nightmare!

 

its all green.......... i didnt mix anything flushed it out and added all new

 

How can the Green stuff not be correct? Hell my rubicon came from the factory with GREEN in it!

I have since swithced to PEAK GLOBAL. it required a flush. No big deal. Yes I got it at wally world for about half the price of Hondas magic antifreeeze.

 

Any Anti freeze that is made for Aluminum (I think thats all they sell now) and my stuff was green from day one also.

 

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My 420 rancher came from the shop with green? Are you sure about only using orange? First I heard of that

 

Green/ Orange, what the hell!
The orange antifreeze was developed back in the mid 90's by Texaco as an extended life antifreeze for GM. At that time, NO, you could not mix the green and the orange, it was not directly for aluminum., only a change in color to signafy " the extented Life", GM claimed 100,000 miles before changing. Another one of GM's wild and wacky sales gimicks. Today most all antifreeze is designed for aluminum engine parts and most of todays antifreeze, wether green or orange can be mixed. Buy what is cheap and use it.