{"id":25432,"date":"2023-07-11T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/?p=25432"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T09:51:58","slug":"antifreeze-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/antifreeze-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Different antifreeze colors and how to choose the right one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why there are different <strong>antifreeze colors<\/strong>? Knowing this is important, because it will help you know what is in your car.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed that coolant has some very striking colors. These do not really indicate its properties or composition, but <strong>they can indicate the temperature<\/strong> at which the antifreeze would be effective.<\/p>\n<h2>Does antifreeze color matter?<\/h2>\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/vehicle-coolant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serve to make it easier to detect leaks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Antifreeze colors chart<\/h2>\n<p>These include <strong>green, blue and pink<\/strong>. There are antifreezes that can be used from -5\u00bac to -30\u00bac. The freezing temperature of these types of antifreeze will vary depending on the amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethylene_glycol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ethylene glycol<\/a> they contain.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25430\" src=\"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Antifreeze-colors-and-types.jpg\" alt=\"Antifreeze colors and types\" width=\"719\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Antifreeze-colors-and-types.jpg 719w, https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Antifreeze-colors-and-types-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Green antifreeze<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Green antifreezes color<\/strong> contain 10% ethylene glycol and their use temperature range is from -4\u00baC to 102\u00baC.<\/p>\n<h3>Pink antifreeze<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pink antifreezes<\/strong> <strong>color<\/strong> contain 25% ethylene glycol and have a working temperature range of -12.5\u00baC to 103\u00baC.<\/p>\n<h3>Blue antifreeze<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Blue antifreezes<\/strong> <strong>color<\/strong> contain 50% ethylene glycol and have a temperature range of use from -37\u00baC to 108\u00baC.<\/p>\n<h2>Which antifreeze to choose?<\/h2>\n<p>Your equipment deserves the best, no matter the weather conditions. Our American Cool Plus line is part of American Quality Lubricants&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/lubricants-in-puerto-rico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selection of coolants<\/a>. With its anti-corrosive formula, it protects gasoline and diesel engines, as well as light and heavy-duty equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why there are different antifreeze colors? Knowing this is important, because it will help you know what is in your car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lubricants-oils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29609,"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25432\/revisions\/29609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpetroleumpr.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}