It does not make any difference as to the color of the anti-freeze. The anti-freeze color is determined by the anti-freeze manufacturer. You can use any SAE certified antifreeze, regardless of the color.
If you have the LT1 engine with alum. heads, the orange Dex-Cool extended life coolant is recommended.
You can but then the mixture will turn into gel and your entire coolant system will be ruined. If you continue driving your engine will overheat and your car, destroyed.
The difference between the two colors is that orange antifreeze contains a different type of corrosion inhibitor that has a much longer service life than silicates, phosphates and borates. Orange antifreeze contains organic acids that protect engine parts from corrosion. Silicate (green) type antifreeze does not mix with orange type antifreeze. Never mix the two colors in a cooling system. The organic acids in orange types will cause precipitation of silicates in the green type and corrosion protection is greatly reduced.
The Owner Guide shows Ford Extended Life Engine Coolant ( orange )
No you can't. Dex Cool antifreeze which is Orange. And regular antifreeze will not mix.
Some brands are orange in color normally.
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dexcool antifreeze it is orange.
it hasnt gone orange. alot of vehicles, all gms for example, use dexcool antifreeze wich is orange.you cannot mix it with green antifreeze.
Chevy says that the orange antifreeze STOPS corrosion and cools better then any other color. That is still to be proven to me. You can put ANY color you want too in it as long as you don't MIX the colors. There is a type of antifreeze that they sell and say you can mix it with any color but I don't like that ideal. Put orange back in it if that's what is in it now. It is very HARD to get ALL of the antifreeze out of the system / ENGINE So you can change the color.
Flush your radiator and get that orange antifreeze GUNK outta there! I flushed mine...my mechanic added green antifreeze and all is well....that orange stuff eats and destroys....