coolant line?

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- J Swain
  
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19 years ago

Tue, Apr 27, 2004 11:50 PM

Hi,

I have a 2001 LW300 with >140K miles and recently the coolant level was low enough to turn on the warning light. I was due for LOF anyway, so I brought it in to the dealer to have it checked. They told me that during a pressure test on the system the tech noticed a leak in the engine cooling line. They put in the sealant tabs on the chance that it would work, but if it doesn't, they say that the cooling line is >$500 and the labor is ~$500, so it's a $1050 to fix. Can anyone decribe what the cooling line is that would justify it being so expensive? Most of the time the repair parts for Saturn are reasonable when compared with other cars, but this seems high....

Thanks, Janet

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- Philip Nasadowski
  
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19 years ago

Wed, Apr 28, 2004 8:22 PM

Yeah, but it's been the source of plenty. There's already class actions being revved up, and the whole industry argues left and right about how good / bad / ugly Dexcrap is. Try googling for the stuff some day. If it's so great, why are so many having big problems with it?

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19 years ago

Wed, Apr 28, 2004 8:50 PM

Yippie google searches, find anything and everything bad about the world. Welcome to the internet where anyone can be a news reporter or an expert... Look how far those people have gotten with those home made webpages. Look at their background. Ever hear bad news travels fast? It travels real fast through the mouths of automotive-ignorant people with personal vendetta's. I dont get automotive advice from bigoted tripod pages. If one was to look at actual root causes such as leaks, poor mantinance, poor shop service, etc etc then the blaim would no longer fall on dexcool. The systems I maintain have never fallen into the state those poor souls have allowed their systems to fall into. All my systems have "always" looked like fruit punch, not mult shakes. The ones that look bad have got or had leaks at some point and werent kept filled or had the air worked out of them. I've had 100% success fixing the leaks in those trouble systems, doing some mild flushing, and refilling them with dexcool. They go the entire life cycle of the coolant without problems. No stopleak added either. I hate symptom fixing.