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You should use the correct antifreeze as listed in your owner's manual. There is 3 types of antifreeze, Ethylene Glycol, Propylene Glycol, and HOAT antifreeze. These will be of a different color..
If there was red antifreeze in there before, adding green product can cause sludging in the water jacket of the engine. They are not compatible. The right type for this engine is the red or orange type.
Have the system drained and flushed a few times, and refill with red type coolant mix.
Your Jeep uses a H.O.A.T engine antifreeze that is pink in color. It is not recommended that you mix any other type of antifreeze with the H.O.A.T. Any Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep dealership stocks this type of antifreeze and it is sold already mixed with water. The cost is around $14.00 a gallon.
Do Not Mix any other antifreeze.
Many newer cars from GM require Dex-Cool, but if you read the labels of regular antifreeze, from Prestone, for instance, the warranty is still 5 years and it can mix with any color antifreeze.
I use regular antifreeze vs. Dex-Cool in my 1997 Cadillac Deville and, (knock on wood) haven't had any problems.
I believe that Dex Cool is a little bit more expensive than regular antifreeze.
Use a 50/50 mixture of whatever type you plan to use, though.
Volkswagon sells their own antifreeze for use in the New Beetles. It's an extended life antifreeze, but may be slightly modified from the commonly available extended life antifreeze available in your auto parts store. You can always ask the counter rep at Autozone or O'Riely's if they would recdommend the standard extended life antifreeze.
the brown milky stuff is rust and you have mixed two different types of antifreeze together it formed a reaction,you will need to do a complete flush and top up with the correct antifreeze for your engine asap.DO NOT MIX ETHYLENE GLYCOL WITH ANY OTHER TYPE OF ANTIFREEZE..........
the type of antifreeze u use is called "Long life or Extended life" coolant depending on who makes it, like Prestone and others, u can mix any brand of coolant as long as it is marked as one of the above, this coolant is generally yellow in color.
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