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 Post subject: Engine antifreeze
PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:10 am 
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I winterize the water systems on my V278 with the pink -50 antifreeze and let my dealer do the engine. When they winterize the engine they are using the blue -100 antifreeze. I was planning to pick some of that up and do the generator before I took it to the dealer however when I began looking for it at the stores around me all I find is the pink. Where do you find the -100 blue antifreeze? I wonder if this is something I'll need to order but a quick search turned up empty.

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 Post subject: Re: Engine antifreeze
PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:01 am 
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Flyer51,
The pink stuff is everywhere but the -100 is a lot harder to find. The Monterey dealer by my work carries cases of the -100 and that's where I buy it every year. If you have any RV dealers by you it might be worth a call to see if they sell any but if not you might just have to order it. With the cost of shipping it might be cheaper to just have the dealer winterize it with the -100 when they do your engine

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 Post subject: Re: Engine antifreeze
PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:59 am 
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West Marine sells it!

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 Post subject: Re: Engine antifreeze
PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:10 pm 
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Technologic80 wrote:
West Marine sells it!


They sure do. I swear I searched them before and it didn't come up. Shipping isn't even all that terrible either.

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