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Your 2002 Passat's coolant looks like a milkshake It was recently changed out what gives?
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∙ 14y ago
In a 2003 Passat, the coolant is G12 which is supposed to be a permanent anti freeze.
i.e. there is no scheduled change for the fluid. It is pink, and there is a purple brand too that can be mixed. If some other type i.e. G11 or a glycol anti freeze, is added, the fluid could look brown according to the manual.
It is possible someone mixed the two if it was changed recently.
If you hadn't mentioned that the fluid was changed recently, I would have left the answer above as the only answer.
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