Bought my 05 G new in April of 05 and I still have the original antifreeze. I understand Toyota uses long life antifreeze designed for 100K miles. Just curious if I can get through the winter without changing my antifreeze. I plan on getting a new G in the spring.

 

http://www.partsource.ca/doityoursel...ator-flush.asp

http://www.advanceautoparts.com/engl...20010501rm.asp

http://leemyles.com/articles/a-few-e...iator-and.html


three sits, the first two say yearly, the last says every two years.

i would recommend to do it yearly, i personally flush my radiator every spring.

never listen or fall for the "lifetime" crap, in the '80s saab said they invented an engine that dosent need to have its oil changed...pssh that worked very well

good luck!

 

30,000 Miles

 

also depends were u live, say California vs North Carolina, so 30k isnt always the best

 

Just going off of maintenance recommendations from the manufacturer. I don't claim to know much, but I do think it's safe to assume that the folks that made the car knows best.

 

factory fill is good for 4yrs/60k. Every time thereafter it's 2yrs/30k.

 

Thank you. Just curious-where did you find that info as I did some research befor posting and came up empty.

 

meh - you should be more worried about your water pump rusting away as its stuck with the same anti-freeze. dont worry, for just one winter you will be just fine.

 

should be every 1 1/2 year or 15k miles. id say pick up the maintenance schedule from dealer and just perform it yourslef or bring it to your personal mechanic and have them do. alot cheaper. certain things like tb cleaning the mechanic should know not to do due to iavl. im pretty sure he would know a tech that can perform this though. manual iavl procedure is a hit and miss due to no learn confirmation as opposed to consult. btw this is speaking from a nissan tech standpoint. not 100% sure about infiniti's.

 

when my cat stops drinking it, I change it

 

changing mine next week

 

What kind of antifreeze should be used? I'd check my car or owners manual, but I'm about 800 miles away from my car.

 

pretty much any GREEN antifreeze and make sure its a 50/50 mix (50% antifreeze 50% water) dosent matter if u bought a 50/50 mix already, or buy the 100% and do the 50/50 urself, dosent have to be perfect.

 

Have changed mine once a year for the last three years but it always happened with engine work requiring the radiator to come out. LOL

 

Thanks man. I'm glad it's a pretty regular coolant. Now I don't have to stock that weird-azz G11 and G12+ like I needed to for my VWs.