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> Again, moron, the type of coolant will not cause oil to leak into > your coolant or vise versa...If you don't know what you're talking > about STF up...

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The U.S. Courts disagree with you.

By the way, name-calling again. My, what does that suggest?

You and Steve (not to be confused with the pleasant "Steve W." who is a smart gentleman) may not be familiar with the lawsuits involving GM's special coolant called DEX-COOL.

I invite your tiny and hostile mind to read Wikipedia's entry on antifreeze, from which the following is excerpted:

"According to the DEX-COOL manufacturer, mixing a green coolant with DEX-COOL reduces the batch=C3=A2=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDs change interval to =

2 years or 30,000 miles [from its normal 5 year life], but will otherwise cause no damage to the engine."

"DEX-COOL specifically has caused controversy. It is casually linked with intake manifold gasket failures in GM's 3.1L and 3.4L engines and with other failures in 4.3L engines. Class action lawsuits were registered in several states, and in Canada, to address some of these claims. The first of these to reach a decision was in Missouri where a settlement was announced early in December, 2007. Late in March 2008, GM agreed to compensate complainants in the remaining 49 states.

"Typically OAT [organic acid technology] antifreeze contains a red or pink dye to differentiate it from the conventional glycol-based coolants (blue or green). Some of the newer OAT coolants claim to be compatible with all types of OAT and glycol-based coolants; these are typically green or yellow in color." [End of quotes]

So you see, even though color normally doesn't make any difference at all, with coolants, color conveys important information.

Otherwise, I wouldn't care what color my coolant was or what religious tendencies it had, because I like coolants of all colors and religions :-)

But I don't like rude coolants.

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I assume the troll is talking about me. Good to be on its hate-list. :-)

But this time, the troll is actually right (at least in part). DexCool (and all the other OAT- organic acid technology- coolants) caused a whole lot of problems. They differ from G-05 HOAT (hybrid organic acid technology) coolant used by Chrysler, Ford, Caterpiller, Mercedes, BMW, and others) in that they lack ANY silicates at all. HOATS contain a greatly reduced silicate package, but still have some. What seems to happen is that particular metals in the cooling system become subject to very aggressive corrosion with pure OAT coolants. Often the metals in question are found in head gasket and manifold gasket materials, so that these become failure points. Also there seems to be a tendency for OAT (or at least the DexCool variant) to do Very Bad Things when it begins to mix with engine oil. All coolants form solids when they mix with oil at high temperatures, but DexCool seems particularly bad. GM had an interesting rash of failures with the small Chevy v6 family due to a combination of factors. First, that engine had a particularly weak intake manifold sealing design that was prone to leak. Second, it was filled with DexCool, and third, it had a lightweight hollow tubular camshaft with assembled lobes. The result was that when the grit from DexCool/oil mixture would get into the cam bearings, they would seize and snap the tubular camshaft in two.

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Steve

I'm not trolling by posting in rec.autos.tech with this subject. If I am, please explain how.

Steve and In2-dadark, you two (like Mark A.) are just anti-Christian, which is sad.

I treat all religions equally, but you guys are just haters. Very sad.

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Built_Well

O'Reilly Auto Parts has a deal right now where you can get Pennzoil Platinum for $3 per quart after rebate. Mobil 1 is on sale there for $5/quart.

Harbor Freight has a nifty, low-profile, 300-pound-rated, 6-wheel, PVC mechanics creeper with foam-padded head rest and tool-holding spots for $22 on sale. The exact same China-made creeper at Autozone runs $40, but it has "Duralast" emblazoned across it. It's AutoZone's top-of-the-line mechanic's creeper. I bought this great creeper from Harbor Freight the other night, along with a third oil drain pan for $2 that Walmart sells for $6. Sales end soon.

Almost forgot to mention that you may need to use a coupon to get that great price on the Harbor Freight creeper. Get on their mailing list and they'll send you a newspaper every so often loaded with coupons. This creeper, much better than my old one, rang up at regular price at checkout, so I had to give them the coupon to get the great price.

Get on everyone's mailing list! -- O'Reilly, AutoZone, Napa, Advance Auto, Pep Boys, etc, and post the deals you find here. We can all coordinate to save hundreds of dollars a year!

For a week now, I keep smelling something bad when I walk by a particular spot at home. It's really not a spot, but a large

7-foot by 7-foot area. I think yesterday I figured out what it may be: A small rubber mallet I bought at Harbor Freight. It seems like those rubber mallets can out-gas a whole, whole lot of bad-smelling rubber....unless I'm mistaking where the odor is coming from. I'm getting rid of that rubber mallet, I think.
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Built_Well

O'Reilly Auto Parts Deals: Pennzoil Platinum $3 per quart after rebate. Mobil 1 is on sale there for $5/quart.

Harbor Freight Deals: Low-profile, 300-pound-rated, PVC China-made 6-wheel, mechanics creeper with foam-padded head rest and tool-holding spots for $22 on sale. It's the same as AutoZone's $40 "Duralast" creeper. Oil drain pan $2, same pan Wal-mart sells for $6. Sales end soon.

You may need a coupon to get these great prices. Get on everyone's mailing list. -- O'Reilly, Harbor Freight, AutoZone, Napa, Advance Auto, Pep Boys, etc, for sale flyers loaded with coupons, and post the deals you find here. We can coordinate to save hundreds of dollars a year. _________________________________________________

That's a great idea. Thanks for the tips. I will post unusually good deals that I come across.

Rodan.

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Rodan

Most of the HF rubber items carry a nasty odor. I was told that it is the bug/critter killer they treat the crates of product with for shipping. I kind of doubt it but who knows.

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Steve W.

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