Hi Ed, Is the orange stuff you get from Pep Boys and other dealers that is suppose to go 100K the same thing as Dexcool? Would you recommend it? Or just regular phospate free anti-freeze? Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: ""Ed @ Automotive Consulting"" <EdVF1000R@AOL.COM> Newsgroups: groupstudy.vanagon Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 12:09 AM Subject: Dexcool
> Hey folks - As a GM dealer tech (Saturn/Chevrolet) for the last 6 years, my > experience with dexcool is thus: > It fails. Early,often. It gums up heater cores and radiators. Lasts nowhere > near 100k as advertised, usually it goes away around 20-25k miles. It gets > floaters in it and turns a sick brownish color. > GM has issued a couple of TSBs on this, saying the fix was to replace the > dexcool with more dexcool after a thorough flush. > According to GM, dexcool should never be used in cooling systems > containing any soldered joints (I.E. brass radiators or heater cores) because > the organic acid base attacks the soldered joints. This to me says > "underdeveloped product" . > I, personally, would never use dexcool in anything, as i have never seen > it last over 45,000 miles, ever, in any application. I have seen an average > of 6 cars a day five days a week for 6 years..... > Just my 2 cents, and YMMV. - Ed > |
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