My US 2014 KTM Adventure came with pink coolant. As always, tell me if I am making a bad decision!! Hopefully this helps others as they seem my thought process. This has taken way too much time! I feel that KTM is trying to direct folks to Motorex instead of helping consumers find affordable quality products that can easily be purchased. I have ordered a 1/2 gallon of Engine Ice for $25 from Amazon. On another thread ( Motored M 3.0 antifreeze), there seems to be strong supporters for "Engine Ice". Unfortunately, my local auto parts stores don't carry this. From looking at the Motorex website, it does appear that the formulation of 5 matches my table for Zerex G-48. For my 2008 KTM, it only states "Motorex". It indicates that Motorex 5 is what is specified. In the thread, there is a question and reply from "Motorex in Switzerland". Just becareful when doing something as simple as adding coolant and verify what you have in your system is what you are adding.Found another thread of interest: 2014 Adventure anti freeze I plan to check the radiator the next few weeks for gel formation. If you do not see an update to this post it means everything went well. I feel confident that the previous owner never flushed in an imposter purple and that what you see in the photos is the OEM OAT purple fluid after 80k miles of breaking the purple dye into a pinkish one. Just do the flush BUT I'm risking it anyways because I committed mentally to doing the Flush, Tranny Fluid Replacement, and probably plugs at 100k and I wont be forced to do it earlier by threat of an expensive repair possibility □Īnyways. Is it worth the risk? My honest answer is no. Some people say you can mix OAT to HOAT but not HOAT to OAT since HOAT is a hybrid but how can you verify what you have in the car and can you ever be truly sure? Maybe you are that one lucky guy who bought the Jeep that was flushed with a fresh batch of Purple coolant that is NOT OAT but looks OAT and just like that you ruin your cooling system. an unwitty mechanic think it HOAT especially when I've read that Orange HOAT is what our cars used in 2012 and older models but dont take my word on the exact year. What's worse is it can appear Orange from different light angles making you. Its looking a lot more purple right? So some research online and it appears the purple dye they put in for OAT breaks down over time leaving a pinkish liquid. Opened up my bottle of Orange Gold to find out it was Purple!!! I told them that I needed "Orange" because that's what I saw in the reservoir. □Īfter driving an hour to the dealer (yea its that far and no I can't ship it to me in Puerto Rico). I refused to buy whatever the Autostores sold because we all know what could happen if you mix two different types. Hopefully I'm at that level one day but because you have to remove either partially or wholly the front bumper to have "full" access I'd rather not do that and take a few hours out my day when all I want to do is add coolant like I have for years. And are ready for war who's answer is always just to do a "quick flush" and not take chances. Then you have the guys who probably own their own house. People are at blows over whether it is OAT coolant, HOAT coolant, a mixture, ect. I opened it up and saw "Orange Coolant" which thrust me in the middle of a viscious debate on what it was. Check to make sure I mixed green with green and done. This is when the drama started.Įvery other car I owned had "green coolant". Its a 2016 with 80k so it being on low side wasn't too concerning. My engine was overheating past the mid-point so I did the usual checks and noticed the coolant was low. I never knew adding coolant could be such an ordeal.
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