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Duh, of course, I should know better, thanks for correcting me.

mowog73 wrote: wrote:

I'm not sure what the point to going to a 4life type of coolant is. Every 5 years or so you'll be changing the water pump and are you going to save and put back in the coolant that comes out? Whenever I take coolant out of an engine there's dirt in it or I get dirt in it, are you going to strain/clean the coolant? It seems easier to me to just change the coolant every time you change the water pump, and probably cheaper as well.

Mark, Back in my younger/broke days I was known to reuse coolant. I would strain it through a paint filter or an old T-shirt and that worked pretty well as long as it wasn't contaminated with oil.
With the price of the waterless coolant you can bet I would reuse it if possible!
The way I see it the big issue would be if you needed a top-up while away from home. You would be forced to use water and that would ruin the coolant.

Rich in Vancouver wrote: wrote:

The way I see it the big issue would be if you needed a top-up while away from home. You would be forced to use water and that would ruin the coolant.

The easy solution to that is to keep a spare litre in the car

Rich wrote THE cost of waterless coolant would make him strain it IT'S £19 for 5Lts which is cheaper than O A T from Halfords