Coolant suprise

DC says you can use G-05 in its vehicles that came from the factory with IAT Green coolant.... it is the current suggestion to upgrade as the new coolant has better corrosion protection.

If you would like to stay with Green it is still available in Zerex Original brand in the white jug.

I would not put DexCool in any vehicle that did not come from the factory with it.....there are too many questions about its side effects.....

Me too, please. Carlsaiyed at hotmail dot com.

Carl

Muchas gracias. So you're saying that G-05 is actually better than IAT? Cool.

Earle

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Send it to postmaster at the domain in my sig and I'll put it on the website.

If you want to be on the safe side the Zerex Green will cover your GM and Jeep.

The Zerex Green is a 5 year/100k formula..... I'm not so sure about the 5 year part...... but then Ford toward the end of the green era was saying 4 years so maybe....

I plan on doing mine at 4 years.... just to be on the safe side as I would rather be safe than sorry.

Add to that if the corrosion takes place in the heater core rather than the radiator the whole dashboard had to come out and the AC discharged....... If $20 worth of coolant can save me $1000 in labor it sounds like a good investment.

In 1989 Chevrolet put the evaporator in the engine compartment. Don't know whether they still do that. Still, replacing the heater core was bad enough. The first signs that it is going, are that the defroster takes a long time to take effect, and a funny smell. Green sounds like the way to go then.

Earle

The heater core went in my car in college, all of a sudden there was fog on the inside of the car...

No sweat, Earle - it's on the way. I wish the automotive world would get their collective 'tish' together and agree on ONE standard.

It's on the way, and you're very welcome.

It's on the way to you now, Carl. Good reading.

Will do, Doug; it's on the way to you now.

Muchas gracias. One standard would be cool, but just think about automatic transmission fluid, or bell housing bolt pattern, or wheel center and bolt pattern or almost anything automotive.

Earle

And usually coolant leaking into the passenger side floor.

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You didn't need to use an anonymizer. :) I don't keep records.

I didn't. I'm using SeaMonkey, which allows me to do some very interesting things.

It works great with my vintage v5.0 version. Thanks for posting.

So all of you folks that change your own coolant - what do you do with the old stuff? Tomes

I dispose of it down the sewer system; local officials tell me this is acceptable - check with yours if you want to do this. (Some systems prefer you don't as it can diminsh aerobic bacterial functions.) I use the garage sink to avoid splashing. You can also take it to any local hazmat facility, usually for free.