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JARblue · 01-19-2013, 11:55 PM

Per the 2011 owner's manual pg 8-8:

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I read this to say that you shouldn't expect to get 100K miles out of your coolant if you mix it with anything other than the Nissan blue coolant. I'm definitely not going to use the cheap stuff in my garage, so I guess I'll wait until Monday to pick some up at the dealer.

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JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Per the 2011 owner's manual pg 8-8: ( Click to show/hide ) The life expectancy of the factory-fill coolant is 105,000 miles (168,000 km) or 7 years. Mixing any other type of coolant other than Genuine NISSAN Long Life Antifreeze/Coolant (blue) , including Genuine NISSAN Long Life Antifreeze/Coolant (green), or the use of nondistilled water will reduce the life expectancy of the factory-fill coolant. I read this to say that you shouldn't expect to get 100K miles out of your coolant if you mix it with anything other than the Nissan blue coolant. I'm definitely not going to use the cheap stuff in my garage, so I guess I'll wait until Monday to pick some up at the dealer. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|