Thread: Coolant Swap

Originally Posted by RichardL12

How do I tell if I have conventional coolant in there? I got dexcool because when I looked at the coolant in the reservoir it was redish brown, but after I got the coolant I found out that the stuff in the radiator was green

I don't really know of any way to tell for sure. The safe route is to assume you've got silicates and phospates in the system and not use an OAT coolant like Dex.

Originally Posted by TorqueAutoMotiv

if its green stick with green

Once again, COLOR IS MEANINGLESS. Honda has an OAT coolant that's dyed green. Some of the store brand "universal" coolants are green, and are also OAT based.

just the knock sensor

just do the front knock sensor, the back one is harder to get at.

and it look like this, but that one is from the back of the motor, it will look the same on the front, but way easy to get at, just pop the conecter off and un bolt it.

ps, the fluid is gunna be hot if the motor was just running, maybe wear gloves.