Zerex G05 antifreeze where to buy

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:52 pm

wheres everyone buying theirs at? Had purchased some the last time to flush mine down in South East Ohio, getting ready to do it again and NO ONE within 30 miles of Toledo handles it, trying to sell me all the other crap but not what I want!! :twisted:

Any ideas

Thanks

Tom

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:58 pm

I found it once at Pep Boys but they closed the store nearest me.

Joe

Maximum Carnage · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:26 pm

Same problem here, the only place I've seen it around here is Advance Auto Parts

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:41 pm

Maximum Carnage wrote:

Same problem here, the only place I've seen it around here is Advance Auto Parts

been there as well...been to every major and minor parts store, box stores any where that sells any automotive, even called several places up to 70 miles away, all I got was
"Duh...we have this stuff here that says it works in all different cars, so I guess it will work" "Never heard of what you are talking about" :wink:

Oh for the good old days when people in parts stores knew as much as most mechanics :roll:

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:52 pm

NAPA is the only place that carries it here. AutoZone had it for a while.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:15 pm

Geez the Napa I go to all the time here in Colorado Springs has about 5 pallets of the stuff,$12.99 per gallon.

Arkycrd · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:22 pm

WW Grainger has Zerex G05 for $10.17 a gallon.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:33 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Ive never seen it in person either.. When I need it Ill just order it from Valvoline..

You know that you can request it to be stocked at your autoparts stores,they will start stocking it if the demand is there.

You all need to start educating the newer Chrysler vehicle owners(and Ford) about using the correct coolant since that "universal" coolants(and that includes Amsoil) can and will destroy your waterpump.

SavageUrge · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:58 pm

I went to Pep Boys and Advance AND Auto Zone. None of them had the HOAT or the G05. All they had was the "universal" stuff. So, I went to the dealer, much to my dismay and the service guy said he'd never heard of "HOAT", then asked if I was talking about the "red stuff". "Yup", I said, it's the "red stuff". So $27 later (GRRRR) :shock:

I walked out the door with a gallon of the stuff! Can you say I was "over-heating"?!!!

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:15 pm

SavageUrge wrote:

I went to Pep Boys and Advance AND Auto Zone. None of them had the HOAT or the G05. All they had was the "universal" stuff. So, I went to the dealer, much to my dismay and the service guy said he'd never heard of "HOAT", then asked if I was talking about the "red stuff". "Yup", I said, it's the "red stuff". So $27 later (GRRRR) :shock:

I walked out the door with a gallon of the stuff! Can you say I was "over-heating"?!!!

No!!!! The "red stuff" is Dexcool, DON'T USE IT!!! The coolant you need is HOAT (Hybrid OAT), only company that makes it is Valvoline (Zerex) otherwise you need to buy it from the dealer. The color should be yellow.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:26 pm

Ive never seen it in person either.. When I need it Ill just order it from Valvoline..

jeepskate · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:54 am

jeepkj02 wrote:

SavageUrge wrote:

I went to Pep Boys and Advance AND Auto Zone. None of them had the HOAT or the G05. All they had was the "universal" stuff. So, I went to the dealer, much to my dismay and the service guy said he'd never heard of "HOAT", then asked if I was talking about the "red stuff". "Yup", I said, it's the "red stuff". So $27 later (GRRRR) :shock:

I walked out the door with a gallon of the stuff! Can you say I was "over-heating"?!!!

No!!!! The "red stuff" is Dexcool, DON'T USE IT!!! The coolant you need is HOAT (Hybrid OAT), only company that makes it is Valvoline (Zerex) otherwise you need to buy it from the dealer. The color should be yellow.

I know the Zerex coolant is yellow, but isn't the Mopar coolant reddish? I remember way back when, thinking I was leaking tranny fluid and it was the OEM coolant.

Pep Boys carries the Zerex coolant around here. Or did the last time I needed some.

jdumont · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:18 am

Never done the coolant in mine yet but i know the overflow/filler bottle is def has red liquid inside if that help you any. Course I bought mine with 50k on it so i dont know if it was changed before i got it.
Ill be changing it sometime before the winter so im interested to see how this post goes.

Joe Romas · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:26 am

jeepskate wrote:

I know the Zerex coolant is yellow, but isn't the Mopar coolant reddish? I remember way back when, thinking I was leaking tranny fluid and it was the OEM coolant.

Zerex discribes the Chrysler color as orange and Ford as Yellow then there's John Deer Nobody calls it red or pink :roll:

Green :wink:
From their site. http://www.valvoline.com/pages/products ... product=10
What vehicles use Zerex G-05 in the factory fill and what is the dye color?
1984 Mercedes and beyond (light yellow)
1990 Deere and Company vehicles and beyond (green)
2001 Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep and beyond (orange)
2002 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury trucks and SUVS and beyond (yellow)
2003 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury automobiles and beyond (yellow

TAHOE · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:33 am

GM's DexClog is orange....what junk, has done more damage in the last 10 yrs and they won't admit it!

Albert · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:57 am

Same problem around here finding it. No one has it. NAPA didn't have it on the shelf and I forgot to ask when I was there last. Last time I was at the dealer getting a couple of nutzerts I asked and it was around $22.xx a gallon if I remember right.....and I was thinking at that price it is almost $50 to do a flush since you would need to get 2 ...........geeeez

SavageUrge · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:55 pm

Quote:

No!!!! The "red stuff" is Dexcool, DON'T USE IT!!! The coolant you need is HOAT (Hybrid OAT), only company that makes it is Valvoline (Zerex) otherwise you need to buy it from the dealer. The color should be yellow.

My factory coolant was not yellow, it was red...The stuff I bought from the Dodge dealer was the same color as the stuff in my overflow tank since I bought the Jeep new. Why would a Dodge dealership have Dexcool anyway? It's a GM product.

Quote:

otherwise you need to buy it from the dealer.

I did buy it from the dealer...

jeepskate · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:44 pm

Joe Romas wrote:

jeepskate wrote:

I know the Zerex coolant is yellow, but isn't the Mopar coolant reddish? I remember way back when, thinking I was leaking tranny fluid and it was the OEM coolant.

Zerex discribes the Chrysler color as orange and Ford as Yellow then there's John Deer Nobody calls it red or pink :roll:

Green :wink:
From their site. http://www.valvoline.com/pages/products ... product=10
What vehicles use Zerex G-05 in the factory fill and what is the dye color?
1984 Mercedes and beyond (light yellow)
1990 Deere and Company vehicles and beyond (green)
2001 Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep and beyond (orange)
2002 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury trucks and SUVS and beyond (yellow)
2003 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury automobiles and beyond (yellow

Orange. Hmm. I'm gonna stick with reddish.

Until I touched those drips and they felt watery, I'd have sworn it was transmission fluid. The over-the-counter Xerex is urine yellow.

Never bought coolant from the dealer, but I'd think their "red stuff" ought to say HOAT somewhere on the jug.

SavageUrge · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:52 pm

This is what I bought (for $27! Grrrr

) There is no mention of HOAT or GO-5 on the bottle.

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:07 pm

Napa has it here.

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