Make sure you get pure anti freeze as some are full of water and a tad of anti freeze .Make sure its a top brand not a unknown who cares product .Be sure its rated for anti freeze anti corrosion anti boil,all three .Mke sure its for aluminuim .BP SHELL ESSO MOBIL NULON CASTROL .The blocks had a problem with thin wall porosity .. "Andy Dingley" <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote in message news

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:B33Xi.129$Cc.36@trndny09... "Andy Dingley" <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote in message news:5m2pi351a6nnmuj9aat1djt1bp1nqrvtp3@4ax.com... What antifreeze should I put into this thing? AIUI, they're somewhat fussy (the 2.5l aluminium straight-6) and the earlier 3l had an infamously poor reputation for block leak problems

"Andy Dingley" <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote in message news:5m2pi351a6nnmuj9aat1djt1bp1nqrvtp3@4ax.com... What antifreeze should I put into this thing? AIUI, they're somewhat fussy (the 2.5l aluminium straight-6) and the earlier 3l had an infamously poor reputation for block leak problems, whether caused by poor castings or by incorrect antifreeze. Unipart have just given me

What antifreeze should I put into this thing? AIUI, they're somewhat fussy (the 2.5l aluminium straight-6) and the earlier 3l had an infamously poor reputation for block leak problems, whether caused by poor castings or by incorrect antifreeze. Unipart have just given me the "They're all the same, guv" response. They also offered an OAT, which could have been made from oatmal for all the advice