57Strat777

I have a bottle of this BMW antifreeze and was wondering if I can mix it with the factory coolant in my 2016 GS350?

harper7

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I personally wouldn't risk mixing or using it . Coming from experience of owning a Tacoma and previous owner mixing green and red and I had to change the radiator from corrosion.
Use Toyota/Lexus or fluid made for ASIAN Vehicles. Sell/give that to somebody with a beemer.

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plex

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Use Toyota Red and nothing else.

joedaddy1

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unless you are going the flush out the whole system, keep the toyota..

They are both similar is quality anyways.. not like your car will run cooler or M3-faster because you are running a BMW coolant..

harper7

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You mean PINK!!
Red was pre 2005 and probably compatible but different ingredients.

Red is Long Life and Pink Super Long Life
Toyota Red,. LLC: Ethylene Glycol(107-21-1),Diethylene Glycol(111-46-6) Water(7732-18-5) Organic Acid Salt(532-32-1) Hydrated Inorganic Salt(1310-58-3).

Toyota Pink, SLLC: Water (7732-18-5), Ethylene Glycol (107-21-1), Diethylene Glycol (111-46-6), Sebacic Acid (111-20-6), Potassium Hydroxide (1310-58-3).

bclexus

Totally agree! I would definitely not mix or use the BMW antifreeze. It's just not worth it. The OP needs to get the right antifreeze to match what came in his cooling system, which should be the Toyota Pink.

I'm wondering why the OP needs to be adding antifreeze anyway...

charley95

You can't be cheap when it comes to a 60k car. At $20.00 a gallon or whatever it is just buy the right stuff and be done with it. I often wonder if anyone has drilled a hole in their IPhone 8 for headphones?! :}

drgrant

What are you mixing cooling for to begin with? Do you have a leak? You might want to fix that before skinflinting over a bottle of coolant.... lol