2014ES Anti-Freeze blue?

[Iris]

We were just checking our ant-freeze levels today (we only have 2200 miles on them) and noticed first that they were low. Thought that was kinda weird but then noticed the existing anti-freeze was blue (not green) when we went to top it off.

Question: has anyone else noted the blue antifreeze? It looks just like windshield wash.

 

[Klubis]

It's probably just the color that Yamaha decided to go with? I think Suzukis Coolant is blue too.

 

[Bustanut joker]

I smoked pot but I didn't have sex with that woman.

 

[dcarver]

Frigid Blue?

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

So when you mixed the Blue with Green is it a pretty Cyan color now?

 

[bluesdog]

So when you mixed the Blue with Green is it a pretty Cyan color now?

Should be turquoise-y

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

So when you mixed the Blue with Green is it a pretty Cyan color now?

Should be turquoise-y

Online research says Cyan...although Turquoise is close too.

 

[Iris]

LOL yes the color of my antifreeze is now cyan

 

[ionbeam]

Traditional green coolants are Inorganic Additive Technology (ITA) and have silicates and phosphates added to a base of ethylene glycol to protect the metals in the cooling systems from corrosion in engines that have steel and copper components. Old school engines.

Newer coolants are Organic Acid Technologies (OAT and HOAT) for engines that are now made of aluminum and nylon.The coolant uses organic acids to prevent corrosion and is usually orange in color. There is also Hybrid Organic Acid Technology which is supposed to contain both IAT and OAT chemicals. HOAT is often yellow or orange but could also be red, pink or blue. HOAT coolants are supposed to be 'long life' products with 5 yr/150k mile life expectancy. None the less, the Gen III Yamaha owners manual says to change the coolant every 24 months (I'm pretty sure).

 

[wild1]

Yes as mentioned above if it is blue it is a long life coolant. DO NOT mix with green.

 

[ionbeam]

Search your own soul on this. The blue HOAT coolant contains elements of the ITA coolant, it is chemically safe to mix the two. If the owner is going to follow the owner's manual and change the coolant @ 24 months, then mixing the two isn't a big issue IMO. If the owner is trying to eek out 5 years, then maybe mixing the technologies isn't such a good idea.

 

[dcarver]

Dr. Ionbeam hath spoken!

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

Just make sure you use a SILICATE FREE coolant or it can damage your water pump...should say somewhere on the jug.

 

[Iris]

We probably only put in no more than 6 oz. of the green. We'll just drain the coolant this winter and put in fresh blue. All should be good.

Thanks for all the replies. I had never seen blue before and was shocked and a little nervous.

 

[rbentnail]

We probably only put in no more than 6 oz. of the green. We'll just drain the coolant this winter and put in fresh blue. All should be good. Thanks for all the replies. I had never seen blue before and was shocked and a little nervous.

Stress, who needs it.

It's summer. And you have plenty of corrosion inhibitors in your coolant system. All you had to do was add distilled water. Voila, problem solved. Send beer.

 

[RaYzerman19]

Just don't put that orange Dex-Cool stuff and mix it with anything else........ not compatable.. Prestone 50-50 is a premixed yellow coolant, silicate free..... available everywhere. Don't know where you'd find the blue stuff, I've never seen it. As for change interval, at every valve check usually works out well.

 

[ionbeam]

Dex-Cool is evil. I have seen many cars that were perfectly fine have the cooling systems killed by changing to Dex-Cool.

 

[RossKean]

I flushed the system really well with distilled water and changed to Dex-Cool. (Hey, it was relatively new and more expensive so it should be better, right?) I did some reading about the stuff, flushed the system even better and switched back to regular antifreeze. Don't know anything about the formulation of the "blue" stuff. The color is simply a dye added to a colorless solution so I don't think I would make any assumptions relating to color vs. composition.

 

[Ninja500]

The Yamacool 60/40 is blue in color.