Author Topic: Glee engine coolant (Read 4521 times)

skinny5216 · « **on:** February 08, 2014, 13:23:09 »

Have you noticed which coolant the Glee has in it.
1. Suzuki super long life coolant (blue) 48 month/14500 mile
2. Suzuki long life coolant (green) 24 month/7500 mile

Bike is 24 months old and looking at changing the coolant

Do you know what's in yours

bosnjo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2014, 13:45:40 »

Mine is green, thinking when time comes, to change it to blue if the price is not astronomically different.

mr_diver · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2014, 17:26:55 »

Mine is pink... but came from halfords.

Locky · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2014, 17:28:19 »

+1 Diver , got it in the Wee and Tenere ..

bosnjo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2014, 20:47:32 »

Just out of curiosity, looked at some prices and Suzuki green and blue coolants are arround £12-13 per Litre. That's very expensive. I've heard about a lot of coolants that can be used on our bikes, as long as they are aluminium engine/radiator frendly. I've heard about excellent coolant sold at Honda car dealers, called "Coolant Type 2", cheap and good, with same caracteristics as Suzuki blue coolant. I don't know what to do, 2 years service is closing in and as I'm going to do it myself I have to choose the coolant and not sure it HAS TO BE Suzuki expensive one.

skinny5216 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2014, 21:00:14 »

I'm after some coolant and brake fluid as the bike is 24 months old in June, I thought while I'm at it I will purchase air/oil filter and oil.
below is what I have purchased today

Genuine Suzuki Super Long Life Coolant (blue) £10.
Genuine Suzuki Air Filter £20
Brake fluid £7.50
Suzuki oil filter and Silkolene oil £34

KLV-Rider · « **Reply #6 on:** February 08, 2014, 21:03:54 »

Cheapest aluminium safe stuff I could find from Asda, cheap as chips....it's just coolant!.

I spent a fortune on genuine Suzuki stuff years ago, pointless!.

skinny5216 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2014, 21:09:38 »

Quote from: "KLV-Rider"

Cheapest aluminium safe stuff I could find from Asda, cheap as chips....it's just coolant!.

I spent a fortune on genuine Suzuki stuff years ago, pointless!.

Cheapskate it's only a tenner,

KLV-Rider · « **Reply #8 on:** February 08, 2014, 21:24:36 »

£8 spare for fuel!

skinny5216 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2014, 21:26:48 »

bosnjo · « **Reply #10 on:** February 08, 2014, 22:30:03 »

Quote from: "skinny5216"

Genuine Suzuki Super Long Life Coolant (blue) £10.

£10 was for how much coolant?

mr_diver · « **Reply #11 on:** February 08, 2014, 22:36:26 »

I paid about £8 for 2lt of the pink stuff in Halfords!

bosnjo · « **Reply #12 on:** February 08, 2014, 23:11:55 »

No Halfords in Portugal

Juvecu · « **Reply #13 on:** February 08, 2014, 23:24:25 »

Any aluminium safe anti-corrosion coolant should do. Bar a few expensive ones they are all about the same and the Stroms have a good cooling system so you don't need anything that special.

bosnjo · « **Reply #14 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:23:37 »

OK, so I'll go and have a look at "portuguese Halfords", I mean, supermarket...

gilly · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2014, 15:35:24 »

Used the Halfords pink coolant in all my bikes I've had before and worked a treat
My Glee is due 2 year coolant change so that's what's going in
Gilly

2112 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2014, 21:09:53 »

Out of pure curiosity I looked at the coolant in my glee and it's green. Of little help to this thread but there you go.

vstroman · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2018, 18:09:33 »

Would this coolant be OK to use?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prestone-Ready-Antifreeze-Coolant-RMCAF4/dp/B009VXX9IC/ref=pd_sim_263_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=C7GM4F04DRNDWHTTCQR8

mr_diver · « **Reply #18 on:** April 12, 2018, 18:43:44 »

Any coolant suitable for aluminium engine should be fine.
The blue and green stuff can usually be mixed with the pink but it makes a disgusting brown concoction.
I'd stick to the blue/green stuff unless your doing track days.

pichulec · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2018, 21:02:30 »

My Suzuki dealer uses Silkolene MAG co-ol, and that is what I have in my bike. Fat rat, do something with this words swapper. I write co-ol (without dash) and it changes word to cold.