antifreeze help needed!!

[spyderwing]

Just bought a gallon of Shell Zone Dex Cool long life antifreeze as my 2012 RSS is overdue for a change at 15700 miles. Can I safely use this as a replacement if I first do a distilled water flush?????. This is silicate free as per the label. Thanks. needed John

 

[PaladinLV]

I was told and cannot verify the accuracy, that auto antifreeze & coolants are way too strong for the Spyder. Of course they were speaking about a 2014 RT.
Considering the price and length of service, the solution made for they spyder is worth it. However, if you were to look at the OEM solution %s, you could probably distill the Shell down to an appropriate level.

Hopefully someone can verify or nullify what I was told.

AJ

Just bought a gallon of Shell Zone Dex Cool long life antifreeze as my 2012 RSS is overdue for a change at 15700 miles. Can I safely use this as a replacement if I first do a distilled water flush?????. This is silicate free as per the label. Thanks. needed John

 

[DrewNJ]

I wouldn't recommend it. Even trying to do a full water flush doesn't really get it all out.
Any reason your not staying with the normal oem green?

 

[bmccaffrey]

This has been discussed many times,
No you don't need to use brp antifreeze. No you don't need to use brp oil.

There have been many idustries making antifreeze and oil for motorcycles long before brp.

 

[PaladinLV]

AND no one (yet) said he NEEDED to!

AJ

This has been discussed many times,
No you don't need to use brp antifreeze. No you don't need to use brp oil.

There have been many idustries making antifreeze and oil for motorcycles long before brp.

 

[jcthorne]

DO NOT mix red dexcool antifreeze with the green or yellow glycol based antifreeze in the spyder.

 

[spyderwing]

antifreeze help

Thank you for the replies. I am trying to avoid a three hour round trip to the dealer and buy locally if something else is ok to use. I chose the Shell because it was suggested to me to get antifreeze that has no silicates as does the Shell. Anyone here use it or have a suggestion as to an alternate brand which is compatible to the Spyder??? Thank you. John

 

[bmccaffrey]

Thank you for the replies. I am trying to avoid a three hour round trip to the dealer and buy locally if something else is ok to use. I chose the Shell because it was suggested to me to get antifreeze that has no silicates as does the Shell. Anyone here use it or have a suggestion as to an alternate brand which is compatible to the Spyder??? Thank you. John

Prestone has made antifreeze for a million years. Can't go wrong.

Pay a lot of money for brp products. Pay forr the name. Just like Harley.

Not worth It. Can't tell me they make their own. BS:yes:

 

[cptjam]

Yes

Peak 50/50 in the blue bottle. Pull the MSDS (material safety data sheet) and you find the stuff from the OEM is the same stuff! Same chemicals, mix, concentration.....at 12 bucks a gallon!

 

[MrBones]

Yep Prestone or the wallmart brand which is less expensive but was told by mechanics as good.

 

[happyspyder2039]

Peak 50/50 in the blue bottle. Pull the MSDS (material safety data sheet) and you find the stuff from the OEM is the same stuff! Same chemicals, mix, concentration.....at 12 bucks a gallon!

Green or red ?

 

[cptjam]

Antifreeze

Green

 

[DrewNJ]

The main thing is to stay away from dex-cool. It doesn't play nice with ethyl glycol, even in trace amounts. Flushing doesn't really remove it 100%. Other hoat types will mix fine with ethyl, but dex turns into mud. Like I said, I'd stay with the oem type, ethyl (not necessarily brand).

 

[spyderwing]

Antifreeze

Thanks again for the help!! John