You can buy the same anything Toyota sells in a quality brand. The fluids are made by others and no special requirements are needed. You can also use any green as long as you are not mixing the colors.Īs you're probably aware, Toyota does not make the fluids that they spec in their cars/trucks. Toyota Long Life pink Coolant is the same any extended life green. The only difference between the two fluids is the color of the dye used in the Toyota fluid. The closest I can find to the Toyota Pink is Pentosin Pentofrost A4, but it only comes pre-diluted. The Global fluid will be usually a yellow fluid and it will not change the color of the Super Long Life coolant. Toyota super long life coolant autozone manuals. You can use any G5 Global coolant in place of it or use as an additive or to top off the radiator. The Super Long Life Coolant is an ethylene glycol based, non-silictae, non-amine,non nitirite, non borate coolant with hybrid organic acid technology. Toyota says 7 but there is a BIG possibility that the fluid will turn acidic after 5 years. The Super Long Life coolant should be changed every 5 years. I also bought duct tape for my car to tape up leaking hoses in an emergency. So from then on, I carried coolant for an emergency.so I could at least drive home or to the dealer. I also elected to a do a coolant flush too. At the same time the mechanic strongly advised I replace the serpentine belt at the same time, which I also did. As I tried to drive home, 50 miles away, my engine thermometer went into the red zone! The next day, the dealer added a gallon of coolant, and it fixed the problem, but I still had to replace the pump. But here, Toyota clearly states for coolant to use only OEM super-long-life coolant. Oh, and this is why I carry around 2 gallons of coolant:Īt 130,000 miles, my water pump started leaking. Amazing In another thread you insist on changing oil every 5k because Toyota 10k interval is somehow too optimistic, and all the good oil analysis results at 10k intervals don't mean much to you. I have a $140 gift card at O'Reilly Auto Parts that I need to use up. Thanks so much southernnaturelover! I will look into it. If they've never been replaced it would be a good idea to do so. Pentosin Pentofrost A4 Pink 1 gal 50/50 Pre-Diluted Antifreeze. I wouldn't worry about lugging around 3 gallons of coolant though, just make sure all of your hoses are in good shape. Find a large selection of Antifreeze & Coolant in the Tires & Automotive department at. I'd stick with Pentofrost, which sells a red-equivalent (I think it's the A1) and also a pink-equivalent (I think this might be the A4).Pentofrost A4 is $17.99 at AutoZone (it's the same stuff). You're not technically supposed to use the Toyota Pink in an older Toyota that calls for Toyota Red because it can rust out the brass heater cores, IIRC. Toyota has both red (long-life) and pink (super-long-life) coolants, and I think the Zerex Asian is actually closer to the pink than the red. I believe the Pentofrost is the closest to Toyota formula. My preference, if I were you, would be the Pentofrost, since that's pretty much exactly what you have. I believe Recochem and Beck Arnley also sell Toyota formula coolants that are either pink or red in color.
That comes in both blue and pink varieties - they're the same exact coolant besides the dye. Zerex also sells one that's pretty similar - their Zerex Asian coolant. I think it's the Pentofrost A1 (but I'd double check that). Pentofrost sells a coolant that's pretty much 99% the same formula as Toyota's.
I only used the all-makes-and-models coolant in the Camry after doing a full flush, and also because I had no idea what the previous owner put in there (it was brownish when I bought the car).
There is also a generic all-makes-and-models coolant, which generally works fine (I have it in my Camry), but the Toyota-formula coolant is better and is fully compatible with what you already have in there.