The cooling system is all buttoned up so I grab a gallon of coolant off the shelf, mix it with distilled H2O and start pouring it in the upper rad hose.
As I start the second gallon, I suddenly realize that it is pink coolant... WTF?
Oh no, it is the VW coolant which all along I thought was my MB stuff sitting on the shelf waiting for this day!
Drained out the pink and discovered I have less than one gal of the MB stuff in stock.
Needless to say I am bummed. I am going to town today to see if Napa has any Zerex G-05

__________________
1981 240D 143k 4 spd manual -SOLD

2004 VW Jetta TDI 5 speed 300k -still driven daily

It's sure a good thing that none of us have ever done anything dumb like that.

__________________

"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970