L3800 coolant question

[number9]

Doing the 400hr service and going to change the coolant. Manual only says "use ethylene glycol (EG) type for this engine".

I've got 2 gal of Walmarts house brand SuperTech 50/50 premix "all makes, all models". Is this fine to use?

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[Tooljunkie]

Universal coolant is ethylene glycol.

 

[number9]

Thanks for confirming before I used it. I'd searched and seen all sorts of additive / cavitation discussions my head was swimming.

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[WFM]

Myself I might of gone with a better quality of coolant then the Walmart house brand. I've seen the tests on youtube of the Walmart motor oil. It was the worst of any that was tested.

 

[number9]

I did a little googlefu on it and it's made by Prestone (Walmart MSDS confirms), is reported to be a copy of Prestone all makes and models coolant and meets the specs in the manual. As long as it checks out on the tester, I'm not gonna sweat it, I'll change it every 2yr like the manual calls for.

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