Like the nice blue-green color, dexcool orange was getting boring LOL. I wanted a POAT and ended up getting Pentosin A2 "extended life" at a little over $18 (which is for concentrate) at Rockauto. At Firestone Complete Auto Care, we start by performing a thorough inspection of your Subaru Forester cooling system. Anyway at WM it's only in pre-diluted form, which I never buy. 144 NISSAN 2005-2010 Frontier, Pathfinder, and Xterra Problem: Coolant may leak into. The universal yellow dyed coolants like Prestone have the advantage that they won't change the color of the coolant in your system, so if you add half a quart of yellow Prestone your coolant will stay the proper blue, pink, green, etc color. You can use any of the asian branded coolants out there, even the new Prestone with Cor-guard is now a P-OAT. Honda uses blue, Toyota uses pink, etc, etc virtually the same stuff with a different color. The service life and freeze protection point are much different than any EG coolant I have seen. BTW: Any Subaru dealership would be happy to top it of for FREE anytime during the warantee. Add Coolant - Determine coolant / antifreeze type and add fluid properly. If it was empty when the system is hot it can draw air into the cooling system. You are right it is there for overflow but it needs to have some coolant into it because it draws it back into the cooling system when it cools down due to heat expansion and cooling contraction. Check Level - Determine the coolant / antifreeze level. It should be between the low and high line. Find Reservoir - Locate the coolant / antifreeze reservoir and clean it. Subaru Long Life Coolant that is green in color pictured below. Open the Hood - How to pop the hood and prop it open. If you own a 1999 to 2008 SOHC 2.5l you should use the O.E. WOW Also, freeze protection to -67 degrees F. Save Like 2 EgregiousBlunder Discussion Starter 3 brucep said: A search for 'Asian Blue Antifreeze' or 'Subaru Super Blue Antifreeze' should answer your questions. Getting Started - Prepare for the repair. There's nothing special about Subaru coolant, it's a P-OAT like all the asian manufacturer's use dyed to the color of their liking. 1 Just took delivery of a '16 Outback and reading thru the owner's manual, the factory fill coolant is 'Subaru Super Coolant' with a service life of 10 years or 137K miles.
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