Radiator coolant - how to tell?

[Dodge 1500 4X4]

Added about half gallon of distilled water to overflow

You need to put a 50/50 mix of antifreeze and distilled water in the overflow jug, if it were me, I would dump what's in there and start over fresh, so you know it's done right.

 

[GTyankee]

seeing that you are not the original owner

I would drain & flush the whole coolant system a couple of times
Then pick a good brand of coolant & do a 50/50 mix

Then mark the brand of anti freeze you decide to use, somewhere visible under the hood, include the date of the change

 

[RedRanger97]

Did you buy a turkey baster from the dollar store?
They are usually transparent so you can see the coolant color when you squeeze the bulb and suck some up
Good for getting brake fluid out of master cylinder or power steering fluid change over

 

[06 Dodge]

Did you buy a turkey baster from the dollar store?
They are usually transparent so you can see the coolant color when you squeeze the bulb and suck some up
Good for getting brake fluid out of master cylinder or power steering fluid change over

Now days you can not go by color, when I changed the HOAT coolant in my old 2006 I had a choice of color, yellow or clear I chose the clear, the factory coolant color was orange, in my 22 the coolant looks purple...