2014s Go To Orange Long Life Coolant
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but BRP is switching over to Long Life Coolant on most all of their 2014 product lines, including Spyders and Ski-Doos. it is orange in color, and BRP says it is doing so for the longer service life (since so few of people replace coolant in their aluminum block engines these days) and for the increased corrosion protection. They claim it has better boiling behavior (erosion in the water jacket) as well. They also are telling us we should not be mixing the orange coolant with green or any other type of coolant, in fear of it gelling. We just saw it in some new ski-doos and noticed a service bulletin stating the same was coming for 2014 Spyders. Their part # for the new stuff is 219 702 685, but I am sure we can figure out what else will be compatible. Thought it was a good heads-up for all of us here. :cheers:
Share how that works for you
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Originally Posted by
ulflyer
Was reading a thread on BITOG yesterday saying that some
LONG LIFE anti-freeze will cause gelling and really screw up the
system when MIXED with certain non-long life. The point was
made that the system should be drained, then filled with filtered water and run for awhile, drained again, then add the long life stuff.
Personally, I'm gonna leave what I have in and change it for same stuff in a couple of years UNLESS the draining process is
a major headache. If so, I may then go with the long life.
Seems that I remember that the threads tended to come out with the radiator drain plugs leaving people with the unplanned expense of replacing the radiator when the coolant was changed, so share with the spyder loving world how that works for you.
Careful when you drain your radiator
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Originally Posted by
Ben Burped
Seems that I remember that the threads tended to come out with the radiator drain plugs leaving people with the unplanned expense of replacing the radiator when the coolant was changed, so share with the spyder loving world how that works for you.
Happened to me. :banghead: The next time I drained the coolant I did so by removing the lower hose instead on the drain plug. Didn't want to have to buy yet another radiator. :yikes: