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View Poll Results: What Type Of OM617 Engine Coolant Do You Use
Green = Glycol Ethelyn 28 35.44%
MB Yellow 31 39.24%
BMW Blue 0 0%
GM Orange 1 1.27%
Some Other Vehicle Manufacturer OEM Coolant (G05) 9 11.39%
Aftermarket Chemical Not OEM Approved 7 8.86%
Pure H2o = Water 2 2.53%
No idea, never looked and/or would not know If I Did Look 0 0%
No idea, and/or don't care 0 0%
Don't know, never changed in the last 200,000 miles = Brown Stuff 1 1.27%
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Old 09-14-2014, 10:58 PM
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I use the MB coolant, its not yellow. Its Dark blue
It used to be yellow. They switched to blue in the last year or so.

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Old 09-15-2014, 01:08 AM
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Mine had Green = Glycol Ethelyn in it when I got it and I used Green when I changed it.

Some cheap Coolants are somewhat yellow Colored but are like Green = Glycol Ethelyn.

Does that mean the Green Color is just Dye?

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