Title: Coolant
Description: Which one?
Description: Which one?
Stephen - August 31, 2009 11:41 PM (GMT)
Which coolant do we need. What's the difference?
Toyota Long Life or Toyota Super Long Life coolant?
Toyota Long Life or Toyota Super Long Life coolant?
xnickx - August 31, 2009 11:55 PM (GMT)
TBH Stephen I'm not sure?
I know the Super Long Life Coolant is dearer, and specified on the bottle to use only SLLC if specified in the manual or if the vehicle was produced with it.
And use the Long Life Coolant else wise.
Oh and SLLC is made in Japan, where LLC is made in Australia.
The SLLC comes in a 4L Pre-mixed bottle, where the LLC comes in a 1L Concentrate.
Pics of SLLC:
Pics of LLC:
I know the Super Long Life Coolant is dearer, and specified on the bottle to use only SLLC if specified in the manual or if the vehicle was produced with it.
And use the Long Life Coolant else wise.
Oh and SLLC is made in Japan, where LLC is made in Australia.
The SLLC comes in a 4L Pre-mixed bottle, where the LLC comes in a 1L Concentrate.
Pics of SLLC:
Pics of LLC:
Stephen - September 1, 2009 12:42 AM (GMT)
Thanks Nick. Perfect. I checked the manual and it states Long Life coolant. I just got back from purchasing the 1L LLC concentrate.
sturgey - September 14, 2009 08:50 AM (GMT)
yeh i use the toyota super long life coolant :)
got 8l of it for free wooo
got 8l of it for free wooo
Torquenstein - September 14, 2009 07:50 PM (GMT)
You can get the LLC in a 4L bottle of concentrate. 08889-80086.
NVD323 - October 1, 2009 08:20 AM (GMT)
if you use this stuff on older vehicles as soon as ya put it in and run it, its like count the leaks
Ard Righ - October 13, 2009 05:50 AM (GMT)
Buy this through the local Toyota dealer I take it. Might need to keep some spare for my car.
Ard Righ - October 20, 2009 03:27 AM (GMT)
Silly question time, but does anyone use distilled water, or just tap water for the coolant system?
The bottle says to use distilled water, just curious if it makes much of a difference.
The bottle says to use distilled water, just curious if it makes much of a difference.
EviLClouD - October 24, 2009 10:40 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Ard Righ @ Oct 20 2009, 03:27 AM) |
| Silly question time, but does anyone use distilled water, or just tap water for the coolant system? The bottle says to use distilled water, just curious if it makes much of a difference. |
I would like to know the answer to this question also...i'm sure tap water won't make much of a difference though?
Ard Righ - November 9, 2009 07:06 AM (GMT)
I topped up the coolant yesterday. Ran the engine a bit to get the bubbles out, rev'd a few times to help push things along. Used about 100ml I think that actually went it, about 100ml for overflow to make sure more air bubbles didn't get into the lines.
Might have to do it a second time just to make sure I got all the bubbles out, sounds a lot better now though.
Might have to do it a second time just to make sure I got all the bubbles out, sounds a lot better now though.
Distrb - November 9, 2009 07:52 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (EviLClouD @ Oct 24 2009, 10:40 PM) | ||
I would like to know the answer to this question also...i'm sure tap water won't make much of a difference though? |
i'd say it is mainly aimed at countries where their tap water is full of all sorts of nasties that are bad for the types of metals commonly found in cooling systems.
we tend to not have that problem in nz however B)
Ard Righ - November 25, 2009 07:59 AM (GMT)
Well, apparently I didn't do the job well enough, still got a sound in the car. Got recommended to do a full flush and replace the radiator cap.
Excuse to get TRD radiator cap now I think :)
Excuse to get TRD radiator cap now I think :)