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#21 (**permalink**) 30 Nov 2005, 08:31 pm

HLS@nospam.nix wrote:
> "SoCalMike" <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:waOdnROrW8n4uhPeRVn-
>> id imagine they carry the regular version as well. whatever you get,
>> make sure its silicate and phosphate free, aka: "safe for aluminum
> engines"
>> the orange dexcool prestone in the silver jug has been a safe choice for
>> me over the past 15+ years. mixed 50/50 with distilled water, of course.
>>
>> zerex supposedly makes a "red" colored universal coolant that id like to
>> check out some time if i ever run across it. its supposed to be what
>> toyota uses, so that would be safe as well.
>
> Finally, someone in the whole wide world who loves DexCool..
> Hip Hip Hurray
>
>
hehe... all i know is the regular prestone is utter crap, and to be
avoided in anything other than a big block detroit relic. checked the
zerex site, and it specs the "red" stuff for MB/chrysler, and ford. its
*low* silicate, no phosphate.

they also make a version of dexcool, which is no silicates or
phosphates. seems to be approved for just about anything.

lots of info on there about dye packages, etc. as well.

#22 (**permalink**) 30 Nov 2005, 08:33 pm

Mike Romain wrote:
> Wow!
>
> You are the first one I have ever seen that has ever 'read the book and
> done it right'.

hey! i did it right, once, back in... '01. time after that, the bolt
wasnt coming off easy, so i said "fuggit".

the stuff i drained in '04 looked as good as the stuff i put in...
orange prestone dexcool, silver jug.

#23 (**permalink**) 01 Dec 2005, 12:40 pm

we've come a long way with antifreeze

I remember when you added it in the fall, and then flushed the radiator, and
replaced antifreeze the next year.

every now and then you would throw in a little can of something to lubricate
the water pump seals

my dad had a 1962 Chevrolet 6 cylinder, and I think it was Prestone that
came in a metal red rectangular gallon can

#24 (**permalink**) 01 Dec 2005, 01:18 pm

markansas859 <betrtimes@alltel.net> wrote:
>we've come a long way with antifreeze
>
>I remember when you added it in the fall, and then flushed the radiator, and
>replaced antifreeze the next year.

Don't you still do that?
--scott

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