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Old 12-22-2015, 07:07 PM
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Coolant for 1st gen

I just picked up an '89 4runner with the V6 and noticed that the coolant was green. In this day and age of numerous coolant options what should I be using in my 4runner? Should I flush and use the Toyota Red coolant or ???

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Old 12-22-2015, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 68jimmy
I just picked up an '89 4runner with the V6 and noticed that the coolant was green. In this day and age of numerous coolant options what should I be using in my 4runner? Should I flush and use the Toyota Red coolant or ???

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Green is all they had in 89. It's fine.
Old 12-22-2015, 08:29 PM
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It's fine. I replaced the "red" coolant in my wife's 05 Avalon with green Prestone and it's running great.
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Use the green one that Toyota has design the engine to be compatible with and/or was designed to be compatible with the engines of that generation.
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