Hi guys I have a question not that it needs to be topped up at all all but for the future do I put in G12 engine coolant all G13 engine coolant being very new to the VW part and specification am I right in thinking that G13 is now replaced with G12 va in my 2019 manufactured Skoda Octavia 1.5 petrol      second part to the question if I do get a bottle of engine coolant should I buy a bottle that is neat or that is already mixed or is that a irrelevant question as what I will be giving is what it should should be used in the vehicle just to top it up maybe every six months with my old Vauxhall I used to mix my own concentrated with 3 L of distilled water but obviously the Octavia is a totally different vehicle thank you for all input sorry to be a pain PS I will be purchasing it from TPS   or  should I go straight to my local Skoda dealership

Okay - your 2019 car would have been filled with G13 coolant (ready mixed) for UK climate.  However, due to complexities and the issues with leaky silica teabags etc in the coolant bottles, VAG have now decided that they will replace it with G12evo.  G13 has been deprecated and G12evo has replaced it.  Coolant in VAG world is a nightmare.  It started with G11, then G12, G12+, G12++, G13 and we now now back at G12evo.  Its all to do with the chemical composition.  G13 is more environmentally friendly than G12.  Never use G13 concentrate or G12evo concentrate.  Always dilute them (with de-mineralised) water down to the correct dilutions depending on what you are protecting down to: In Kent and SE England, you will be okay down to -20C protection.  In Scotland, you might want to make that closer to -30C protection (we got down to -18C last winter in Scotland).  The most important thing (especially if you remove the silica teabag) is that the coolant should be renewed every 5 years.

 

 

Fantastic response didn't know that but I'm happy to know it now I suppose in 5 years of ownership and only doing 3500 miles a year I suppose    I'm looking at a cambelt police auxiliary belt thermostat and Waterpump change in 2024 August or is that going to be  (  too long ) 🤨 being that it's been used for shorter journeys the date of the vehicle rolling off the assembly line was the,,, 1st of the 10th 2019 ,,,,the data off  purchasing  of vehicle was the 1st of the 8th 2020 she probably sat in a storage field for that length time only doing 11 miles in the storage period obviously this affect the coolant break up and the silicone in the cam belts being attacked by ozone or am I getting too bloody technical and most of all thank you for the input

3 hours ago, Diljit said:

I'm looking at a cambelt police auxiliary belt thermostat and Waterpump change in 2024 August

Since you have a 1.5 where the water pump is on the opposite end of the engine (unlike the 2.0 where it is on the same end of the engine), and IIRC there  has only been one report on here of a water pump problem on the 1.4/1.5 engine, I think that a water pump change is unnecessary - I certainly declined it on my 1.4 when I had the cambelt replaced after 5 years.

How long does  the cambelt last should it be changed every 4 years 5 years or Pacific mileage  ! On  VAG engines as we were going to be in there to do the cambelt I would have thought it was a good idea to change the water pump at same time I understand 1.5 l petrol engines have a auxiliary water pump as well did not know it was on the other side of the engine I suppose they never to be changed

16 hours ago, Diljit said:

How long does  the cambelt last should it be changed every 4 years 5 years or Pacific mileage!

Every 5 years according to Skoda UK, "lifetime" according to VW in the SSP for the EA211 engine, values in between those according to other makes & importers - pay your money, make your choice.

Just on a engineering standpoint should we do this from the day the vehicle was manufactured all the 9 month interval from when I purchased it brand new what would your advice be

Maybe post again in 3 or 4 years having seen how cars from 2019/2020 are getting on.

On 15/12/2021 at 12:40, varaderoguy said:

Okay - your 2019 car would have been filled with G13 coolant (ready mixed) for UK climate.  However, due to complexities and the issues with leaky silica teabags etc in the coolant bottles, VAG have now decided that they will replace it with G12evo.  G13 has been deprecated and G12evo has replaced it.  Coolant in VAG world is a nightmare.  It started with G11, then G12, G12+, G12++, G13 and we now now back at G12evo.  Its all to do with the chemical composition.  G13 is more environmentally friendly than G12.  Never use G13 concentrate or G12evo concentrate.  Always dilute them (with de-mineralised) water down to the correct dilutions depending on what you are protecting down to: In Kent and SE England, you will be okay down to -20C protection.  In Scotland, you might want to make that closer to -30C protection (we got down to -18C last winter in Scotland).  The most important thing (especially if you remove the silica teabag) is that the coolant should be renewed every 5 years.

 

 

 

Is there any problem if G13 was used? If I'm not mistaken, G13 was used on my car after cambelt + water pump replacement at that start of this year.