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I'm not qualified to absolutely confirm the specific question regarding G13, but I do need to clarify my original post, my mistake, I've learnt a lot over the last 3 days: As I understand it. Presence of Ethylene Glycol is not the issue itself, many coolants are EG based as are the ones suggested ab...

California Dreamin: Thanks for your help. I spoke with the garage and they 'always' use the red coolant you indicated, although also admitted that it really was water in the header tank. One of their guys helped me bleed & top-up this morning, while he was doing something else. A lot of air remo...

Hacksawbob: I have the engine bay opened from cold this morning and the header tank with dalek cap shows the clear liquid. Top-up tank behind numberplate also has clear liquid, and encouragingly was at the correct level between the lines. Randiandipandi: indeed: should be a requirement to update a l...

Thank you both. I'll get some. From owning several classic cars, I have learnt not to skimp on the cooling system, hence the pipes etc, but this VW offering is like liquid gold, so will either return or use in our Golf. One question: how much does the coolant mix back into the header tank over 150+ ...

Hi, I was a lurker on the external site while choosing which would be our first camper van and I appreciate all I have learnt reading since the purchase in the last few months! Van (1986 T25 16d caravelle) has never experienced a single heating fault despite the hot summer and numerous journeys invo...