What color coolant does Nissan use?

Blue
Blue long life antifreeze/coolant (LLC) is a 50/50 mixture and has the same distinctive blue, high quality, factory fill found in new Nissan vehicles. Nissan products are crafted to the same high standards as your Nissan vehicle.

Does Nissan use green coolant?

I’ll strictly refer to OEM Nissan coolants here. To answer the big questions: You can use either green or blue coolant in your vehicle. Blue has a longer life.

What color should engine coolant be?

green
The color of healthy engine coolant is green (for ethylene glycol) or orange (for Dexcool). A rusty color indicates that the rust inhibitor in the coolant has broken down and it can no longer control rust and scale buildup.

What do different colors of coolant mean?

“In days gone by, the colour of coolant was determined by the type of chemicals used to prevent corrosion — meaning you could tell a lot about the type of coolant used by its colour. “Older coolants that used Inorganic Additive Technology (IAT) were usually blue or green in colour.

Does Nissan use blue coolant?

This type of coolant is not recommended for newer vehicles which come equipped with a longer-lasting coolant. Newer coolants use an Organic Acid Technology (OAT) and last up to twice as long as older coolant. In some cases these long-life coolants can last over 5 years or 100,000 miles.

Does Nissan use a special coolant?

Every vehicle manufacturer, including Nissan has developed its own coolant or requires a careful coolant that is rare to assorted years and models. There are many colors of coolants to help distinguish each including red, blue, purple yellow, green, and orange.

Can I use green coolant instead of blue Nissan?

Yes, Nissan Green and Blue coolants can be mixed together (just remember to dilute Green first before use in a 50/50 distilled water ratio). If you do mix the coolants, the mixture will have the life of the Green coolant (4 years or 96,000 km/60,000 miles).

Can I use blue coolant instead of green?

What happens if you put the wrong color coolant in your car?

Mixing different engine coolants or using the wrong coolant can impair the performance of the special additive packages; this can result in increased corrosion to the radiator. Using the wrong engine coolant can gradually lead to corrosion and damage to the water pump, radiator, radiator hoses and cylinder gasket.

Why is Nissan antifreeze blue?

Nissan’s Blue coolant is the company’s long-life coolant (LLC) and is designed to provide a much longer service interval. Future coolant changes with Nissan Blue should be every 5 years or 120,000 km (75,000 miles).

What is equivalent to Nissan blue coolant?

Pentosin makes Nissan’s antifreeze. Pentosin Pentafrost A2 green coolant is exactly the same as Nissan green and Pentafrost A3 is the same as Nissan blue. You can sometimes get the Pentosin at a pretty good price, compared to the cost of genuine Nissan, on Ebay or even Rockauto.com.