poundland coolant?

[skikman]

poundland is selling a litre of anti-freeze & coolant for £1.is it ok to use??

Edited December 13, 2012 by skikman

[Stu]

dont know

[Bonniebird]

Probably. Even poundland is subject to the trades description act and it's cheaper than vodka

[megawatt]

I wouldn't put it in my bike. You can put it in yours if you really want to

[Mrbarry]

Their -20 screen wash freezes at -1. If this stuffs the same.......

[pointblank0]

I'd say it's probably fine to top up with, but personally, if I were changing the whole lot, I'd buy trusted stuff. It's not like you need to change it much.

[Stu]

You will probably find that it will meet the minimum requirements by law otherwise they cant sell it

would I use it? NO!!

[Hoover]

make sure it's ok to use in Ali rads as most car ones are not compatible.

[Mrbarry]

Most cars now have alli rads, copper ones are just too expensive so they make do with alloy.

[Tankbag]

I deffo wouldn't put any in my Bandit

[Stu]

I deffo wouldn't put any in my Bandit

 

you could!!

but it wont do it much good

[Mrbarry]

I was in there today and they had it on the shelf. I thought about looking at it but couldn't be arsed

[Stu]

http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-rang ... e-1-litre/

[Mrbarry]

Looks ok to me. Id use it.

[Ingah]

make sure it's ok to use in Ali rads

+1.

[790Bonneville]

Yes, but just don't use it as anti-freeze & coolant. You have a bike that has had many many 100's of thousands spent developing it..and erm your thinking of going to poundland! ...MEDIC!!!!

[Donnie Brasco]

personally I wouldn't go cheap and cut corners if I was gonna buy something which effected the heart and mechanical parts of the machine. Would you eat a 30min old sausage roll from gregs or go nando's?both fills you up if you know what I mean

[Chrissb6]

Correct Anti freeze is as important to your bike as having the correct oil, l would not skimp. Alloy high performance engines require the correct fluid apart from cooling the motor the fluid has numerous other tasks. Such as lubricating the water pump, inhibiting the alloy metals and rubber hoses to avoid corrosion. Mix if not pre mixed with distilled water never tap water. For what it costs and the risks you run skimping is just crazy!

The thing is you will not have an instant failure using the wrong cheap stuff, you will just grind to a halt with a repair bill. Might take weeks, months or even years but it will happen.

[Bill_on_a_bike]

How much they asking for it?

[fredc]

You've got nothing to worry about

poundland guarantee all their stuff

If it screws up your engine you'll get your pound back

[Ingah]

personally I wouldn't go cheap and cut corners if I was gonna buy something which effected the heart and mechanical parts of the machine. Would you eat a 30min old sausage roll from gregs or go nando's?both fills you up if you know what I mean

Greggs.

As i implied earlier, i would use the Poundland coolant if it was safe for use in aluminum engines (i.e. if it met the spec). I wouldn't mix it with tap water though - There's ways to save money, and then there's just false economies (Besides which, this appears to be a ready-mix, not a concentrate).

Assuming it's even compatible with aluminum engines, i would avoid it on the basis of advertising a freezing point of -12c, which isn't enough of a safety margin if you consider the idea of tolerances...

[Chrissb6]

You've got nothing to worry about

poundland guarantee all their stuff

If it screws up your engine you'll get your pound back