Checked for freezing temps, and the stuff in my 2012 V6 Outlander is good for -10F, and i's blue. Would like to bring the temp down a bit (say -30 or -40), but I've never seen blue antifreeze. Over the course of fixing cars and selling car parts, I've seen orange, green, pink, gold and red, but never blue.


Does anybody know where it can be had-other than a Mitsu dealer? I am not a fan of mixing thing, due to me not being a chemist and I don't want to find out the hard away that things aren't compatible.

 

The only blue antifreeze I've seen before was due to mixing of two other colours (ie green & red perhaps). If it was my car I'd probably just drop and replace rather than trying to guess what is in there. Then you will know what it is and have the correct freezing/boiling pts required along with proper corrosion resistance. Informative link below on coolant types which may be of some assistance.

http://motorage.search-autoparts.com...27/article.pdf

 

BITOG forums has a very thorough sub-forum on coolant. I've red about blue coolants before.

Honestly, I'd call up a Mitsu dealership and ask them about it. if you just looking to change freezing point and/or top off and worried about mixing different brands...just grab a bottle from Mitsu and be done with it.

 

Did get some from the Mitsu dealer. Turns out that the parts manager is one of my old customers from my parts-selling days.


The thing I was trying to avoid was a trip across town.


Genuine Mitsu blue antifreeze. Didn't want to mix types as I've seen some not-so-nice results from mixing things.

 

Beck Arnley makes the same coolant in 50/50 mix blue tint. cost is about $16 a gallon if you get a commercial discount...