Considering this range of knowledge, we offer a quick refresher. In talking with a variety of machine and vocational-truck owners who work in the “real” world, Construction Equipment is aware that knowledge of diesel-engine coolant (ideally, a 50/50 mix of antifreeze and distilled/deionized water) varies from those who have no idea what’s in the radiator of their backhoe, to fleet managers who can discuss specific additives used in a particular antifreeze formulation. But this is not an ideal world.”-Stede Granger, P.E., OEM technical services manager, Shell Global Solutions (U.S). They do however recommend multiple brands of green and red types of antifreeze.”In an ideal world, in which no one ever touched the coolant and the vehicle never leaked, a high-quality extended-life coolant would be virtually maintenance-free. You might also note Cummins, Cat and Detroit do not recommend orange antifreeze at all. Currently, orange has been made safe for all radiator types. It was death to copper radiators, and that's where half the confusion lies. Orange antifreeze (Dex-Cool) has historically been used by GM in aluminum radiators only. Where as the Ford, Chevy and Dodge Antifreeze isnt nearly as backwards compatible with Cat, Cummins and Detroit engines. One thing I did notice is pretty much all the Heavy Engine Manufactures Coolant's will work in the next engine.
While reading through the Coolant Matrix chart, and everything becoming clear as mud. Footnote 13 contains a link "Coolant Matrix" Scroll to the footnotes at the very bottom. I found a pretty good link from WIKI on this subject. You regularly use test strips to monitor conditions of your cooling system, and use pre-charged coolant cartridges as required. Water only will ALWAYS lead to catastrophic engine failure if operated for an extended period.ģ. Any color antifreeze is ALWAYS going to be a much better bet than letting it go dry or filling with water. For a non healthy engine, any antifreeze will do as youll probably be draining, flushing and replacing the entire volume ASAP. In that case you are headed to a heavy truck dealer for parts or a repair shop that "knows" what coolant is compatible with your heavy truck engine. Topping off is only necessary once or twice a year, and it would not affect SCA or other additives in a negative way.Ģ. If not, the coolant system is not healthy and should be serviced. A radiator should never need refilled unless done intentional as an act of regular service maintenance. Topping off is not the same as refilling. I would revise that and say it would be safer (in a pinch) to top off "any color antifreeze" with green.ġa. In that case as stated in the Matrix (see link below) its ok to top off with any color as long as you dont go over 10% of total volume. Your engine is in good shape, and your just topping off the coolant system.
Click to expand.In regards to my first post, it was assuming a few things:ġ.
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