which coolant for sri turbo? red or blue?

[jason1987]

halfords says the red stuff is for after 1998 and blue for before, mines a 1997, what do the 406's need?

[lozz]

it dont matter which colour antifreeze you use
aslong as you dont mix orange & blue togheter its ok,

ive used the orange stuff in all my cars had no problems,

the orange stuff as a rust inhibitor stuff in it something called oats so igo with orange for that reason,

[DiscoPol]

it dont matter which colour antifreeze you use

you dont want to try that response on a land rover forum, you would be shot at dawn!

there are differences in the anti freezes one is for later heads with alloys and such like, or so i believe.

otherwise i agree with you on the dont mix the two types

[jason1987]

all done now, must have had quite an airlock as had to leave bleed cap off a while, does this normally happen when you drain the radiator or did i have an airlock before?

[lozz]

yup its normal to get air in after dumping the coolant.

have you bled off the heater and thermostat,

heater blowing out hot ?

if so itl be ok , just keep your eye on the water level if it looks low after a day or so give it a top up,

[jason1987]

i did the stat then the heater one, yh heater is hot

[jason1987]

hope i got all the air out, when i first tried it it was bubbling then coming out then bubbling again

[Gary406]

jason keep your eye on the temperature display for next day or 2.

if the temp goes well over 95 stop immediately and have a go at bleeding it.

if temp stays normal then you should be ok. but keep an eye on it .

[jason1987]

but the fans will just kick in tho so wont let it go to 95? or will it