I made the mistake of adding soluble oil to the coolant - had some rust in the coolant. Immediate result - water level sensor in the pressure bottle stopped working. I am now flushing the cooling system for the fourth time so that I get rid of the last of the soluble oil. The sensor works for a while after each flush until it gets oil on the probes and I suppose this problem will only go away once the system is completely clear of the oil.
Stay with red anti-freeze.
Don't add soluble oil to the coolant in a Jetta 4
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Re: Don't add soluble oil to the coolant in a Jetta 4
I normally stick with just anti-freeze and changing it every 2 years or soonerJohan Jetta 4 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:40 pm I made the mistake of adding soluble oil to the coolant - had some rust in the coolant. Immediate result - water level sensor in the pressure bottle stopped working. I am now flushing the cooling system for the fourth time so that I get rid of the last of the soluble oil. The sensor works for a while after each flush until it gets oil on the probes and I suppose this problem will only go away once the system is completely clear of the oil.
Stay with red anti-freeze.
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Re: Don't add soluble oil to the coolant in a Jetta 4
Why did you do that in the first place?
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Re: Don't add soluble oil to the coolant in a Jetta 4
Water and antifreeze in the correct ratio only - and thats it.
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