Just bought a 2002 Dakota 4.7 V8 4x4 5 spd. 55,000 miles.
My coolant resevour is empty and I can't tell what it takes. Thanks

 

I got mine seviced at the stealership, and it has green

 

About 6 months ago , I bought a 2002 Quad Cab , it was hard to tell what color / kind of coolant it had by looking into the overfill tank. I removed the cap in the rad. hose and confirmed I had red.

Mark

 

just get a coolant Flush and throw some red in.The only real diffrences is reds better then green its lasts longer then green but more expensive but hey its your baby nothings to good for except maybe premim gas at 5 bucks a gallon haha.

 

Thanks for the replies. I figured it out over the weekend, I do have red. I done all the regular maintenance and was checking the freezing point of my coolant, and that's when I saw I had red.
So anyway that kind of leads to one more question. Do I use the Dexcool? I thought that was just for GM vehicles.
This is one fine ride, I just want to make sure I put it in what is supposed to be in it.
I have always had Fords, so I don't know my Dodge's.
Thanks again.

 

I do Belive the coolant from the facotry is G-05 antifrezze. according to some info i looked up.
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)


http://www.valvoline.com/pages/produ...asp?product=10

I hope this helps above is the web site address so you can look as well.

 

Oh i almsot forgot welcome to DODGE youl be sure to never miss the ford again!! unless you want something to target shoot of cource.

 

The only real difference between the red and green is red is more economical freindly and as for motor wise the red dosent get a magnetic charge. the green when it goes bad will have a voltage reading. the red will still go bad but when it does not as bad for the motor. To check to see if the green is bad take a volt reader. ground it to the truck and put the possitive into the antifreez if it gives of a voltage reading i would change it.

 

another thing to mention is with the "red" looks orange to me, make sure you use distilled water. I had to drain mine almost 1 year after doing a repair and I used tap water with the red stuff and I had sludge building up on the spring inside the NEW lower hose. did some investigating and found that distilled water is the way to go.

 

Prestone and another brand now make coolant that you can mix in with anything, whether it's green, red, yellow, etc.