i use prestone dex cool. (for the coolant) it says its made for GM cars but i use it and it kicks ass.
I actually did put Prestone long life in my 96 VR6-12 because I didn't know any better and it worked just fine.
The NEWER prestone they sell now works fine. Just flush 1x per year like you should with ANY coolant, it will not eat the aluminum head. If you leave it in there for 15 years, any coolant will eat the head. Flush it 1x per year, no problems.
Ditched the G11 for the Prestone 50/50 stuff a while back. Good stuff not problems and hell of a late cheaper then G12.
Of course I've only used the Prestone stuff, not the GM stuff (not sure if it's identical) but ran it on my GTI with no probs and over 100k on my Rabbit without issues.
I've had good luck with the orange Prestone stuff. It's DexCool approved.. basically the same thing as G12 as far as chemistry.
Yes i have used it in my 98jetta wheni replaced my heater core. i have had no probs yet benn 6 months they wouldent sell it if it did not work
I use the new Prestone stuff. No issues...
I've been running Prestone for a year and half, no problems with the cooling system and the engine temps are the same.
In a pinch I added Prestone Universal green to my VW coolant, next day the expansion tank had a nasty looking brown mixture in it that freaked me out, my desire to put inexpensive universal fluid to top off my B6 ended up costing me over $150 for VW to drain, flush with cleaner and refill with G12+.
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