Thread: changing coolant

hello all,

i wonder if anyone can help. i have recently bought a fabia estate and have noticed the coolant which is red in colour is near the min mark. in the manual it of course says you must take your car to a skoda dealer for them to top it up and you must only use the skoda 'red' coolant. I was wondering is that just skoda trying to make you use there own or can I just top it up using my other branded 'blue' coolant which i used in my previous car a VW Polo?
is it wise to mix the two colour coolants?
I was wondering what fellow skoda drivers have done?

Thank you

do not add the blue. just top up with boiled water

Thank you -

I did that , mixed blue and the Skoda(VW) advanced red one, they actually don’t mix well and makes the mix freeze at normal water zero degrees Centigrade.

I had to get the coolant changed. Embarrassing, but how should I know that there is difference

Here in Norway only Esso(Exxon)+special stores sell that stuff.

Originally Posted by ThinSTAR

I did that , mixed blue and the Skoda(VW) advanced red one, they actually don’t mix well and makes the mix freeze at normal water zero degrees Centigrade.

I had to get the coolant changed. Embarrassing, but how should I know that there is difference

Here in Norway only Esso(Exxon)+special stores sell that stuff.

well I just learnt why you do not mix them

wow - i defo shant be mixing them! I have topped up with boiling water and its workingf fine