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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 07-05-2007, 10:39 AM
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OM617 Engine Coolant

I Dare to ask.

What type do you run in your OM617.....

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Old 07-05-2007, 10:40 AM
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You had to ask?

MB coolant in mine.
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Old 07-05-2007, 10:53 AM
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Roy, Roy, Roy...
what choice do we REALLY have?
cheapo, acceptable, or OE...
Green/yellow, Zerex G-05, or MB...
I got Zerex in all mine.
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Old 07-05-2007, 11:02 AM
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A special mixture of blood, sweat and tears.

That and 45% Zerex G-05:distilled water.

I used to do MB coolant, but when it all leaked out one day I decided to go with Zerex due to local availability.
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Old 07-05-2007, 11:26 AM
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MB for me.
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Old 07-05-2007, 12:06 PM
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cause of my trip and recent unfortunes i am going zerex now. i was going to flush on the trip anyways from the unknown
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Old 07-05-2007, 12:08 PM
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I probably have pure H2o in there now because of the water pump leak but when I Change the water pump out next weekend I'll probably just dump in the green for now and then this winter convert it to the proper stuff
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I probably have pure H2o in there now because of the water pump leak but when I Change the water pump out next weekend I'll probably just dump in the green for now and then this winter convert it to the proper stuff
why do it twice? just get the right stuff now.
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:49 PM
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Zerex

and just for $hits and Giggles i put it in my Toyota when i installed the engine... why not, i had extra in the trunk of the Mercedes
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Old 07-05-2007, 01:51 PM
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Zerex G-05
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Old 07-05-2007, 02:22 PM
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If I have zerex what do I answer?

Looks like Zerex FTW.
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Old 07-05-2007, 03:17 PM
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Low Tox Baby

I have been using Prestone Low Tox in my 1983 300CD 5cyl turbo. I believe this is a 617 engine.

I choose this because of the leaks I had.

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Old 07-05-2007, 03:39 PM
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I use the Zerex G-05. I guess that falls under MB yellow. Either way, no green stuff. I also use distilled water instead of tap. The tap water in my area is the "hard" type.
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I use the Zerex G-05. I guess that falls under MB yellow. Either way, no green stuff. I also use distilled water instead of tap. The tap water in my area is the "hard" type.
oops, I chose wrongly...
zerex is mb approved, but it's not MB... so I chose "some other.... oh well.
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Old 07-05-2007, 09:42 PM
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The obvious choice other than the M-B coolant is Zerex G-05.

But, you failed to put that option in the poll, even though you should be well aware of such an option.

This renders your poll useless.

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