Genuine Subaru coolant

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:34 am

G'day guys,
What brand and who is it that Subaru sells genuine coolant (its premix) - is it labeled as Castrol coolant or what?
Thanks
Cheers
AP

Willie · Post by **Willie** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:22 am

Not sure what company makes the "genuine Subaru" coolant, however many of the reputable brands will have a product that is fine to use. Just see what concentration Subaru recommend and buy the one that matches. The Subaru one will be one of the leading brands re-badged with a Subaru sticker / label. I know buying the coolant / oil / brake fluid from a Subaru dealer is very expensive!

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:31 am

Willie wrote:Not sure what company makes the "genuine Subaru" coolant, however many of the reputable brands will have a product that is fine to use. Just see what concentration Subaru recommend and buy the one that matches. The Subaru one will be one of the leading brands re-badged with a Subaru sticker / label. I know buying the coolant / oil / brake fluid from a Subaru dealer is very expensive!

Yeah they are expensive. I would like to use product close as possible what Subaru uses, that is why i,m asking on here.
Cheers
AP

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:44 am

castrol...............

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:24 pm

Just make sure whatever you use is 90+ and don't mix it with any other brand, I usually get the pre mixed stuff but the concentrate usually works out cheaper.

GTlegs · Post by **GTlegs** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:11 pm

Saw the boxes it comes in - they are Castrol boxes.

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:25 pm

says contains ethlyne glycol 50% plus a bittering agent .... so you dont drink too much of it i guess

jim · Post by **jim** » Sat May 02, 2009 3:19 pm

you can ring a subaru dealers spare parts department and ask them what they use in the workshop, the local one near me had no problem giving me product details

cheers

jim · Post by **jim** » Sat May 02, 2009 3:27 pm

by the way the castrol coolant i tried to get only comes in 200 litre drums, subaru told me to use nulon with mono ethylene glycol for the old L series, but i would prefer the castrol products

GTlegs · Post by **GTlegs** » Sat May 02, 2009 8:47 pm

Also, (again saw the boxes), the brake fluid used is Castrol also.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun May 03, 2009 1:16 am

I believe it is made by Castrol under license for Subaru and is not the same as the anti-freeze/anti-boil Castrol that you could buy from somewhere else i.e. Repco, etc..

I have pulled many Subaru engines apart whilst working in Japan and it amazed me to see how new the water jackets looked (even after 150-200 thou kms). From seeing that first hand, I only use the genuine coolant in my late model Subies and in the earlier ones, I used Techalloy Gold concentrate with De-Mineralized water.

This is just from my experience because there are products out there that I haven't used.

openflame06 · Post by **openflame06** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:23 pm

I use the small castrol bottles that you mix up. My mate used the same when he went around australia in an old landcruiser, so i can imagine it works pretty well.