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Originally Posted by Rodge
Interesting point of view and not entirely unsupported by other manufacturers.
According to my M Benz manual they use a long life coolant good for 15 years or 250,000 km's, I phoned Honda about my wife's Civic and their long life coolant is good for 10 years, yet the coolant in my GT-P is good for 2 years. Now call me a cynic but there appears to be an obvious reason why Ford stick with standard life green coolant !! Why not get some of the cool stuff M Benz use in their vehicles and run that in my GT-P, they're both all alloy engines, thoughts anyone ??
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Here is my thoughts. Ford are probably being more realistic about how long their water pumps and radiator/heater hoses last, so they use the cheaper coolant.
Be interesting to know the price of the MB & Honda coolant V the green stuff.
No doubt it will be better quality, and you generally only get what you pay for, but do really expect it to be in there 10-15 yrs?