boosted_ws6

I took my '02 WS6 to a shop to have the coolant flushed and replaced (bad back and no time to do myself) and later I found out that the coolant they replaced it with was not Dex cool. It's blue. I haven't seen any sludge but I want to remove the power steering cooler and I don't know what coolant to replace it with. Any ideas on how to find out what is in my car now?

thanks!!

fwiw the guy that replaced it no longer works at the shop and they don't know... I also live in Miami now, so no where near the previous shop.

bleepster

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its probably this

for newer foreign model cars and light duty trucks

LS6427

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DexCool is crap........anything new or the old GREEN....is way better for cooling and to keep clean.

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wssix99

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My God! Have these cars gotten that old? Do you think the OP's shop thinks that Pontiacs/Firebirds is some sort of exotic Asian import?

bleepster

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i wonder if the blue stuff is usable in our cars?

wssix99

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Sure. It just shrinks the cylinders down to 75% of the size, just like an Asian import.

My assumption would be that it is probably usable but not recommended. The proper coolant would be listed in the owners manual.

bleepster

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well, i read that the blue adds +20 hp - lol
yup - dex-cool. just use whats recommended

AnotherWs6

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The one review it got said "Excellent!" I ordered 6 gallons.

bleepster

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WOW - an additional 120 HP

wssix99

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It looks like the blue is in the same family as the red and should be just fine/equivalent for our cars.



The blue is supposed to have longer life, but since the flush would not have 100% drained all the red left in the engine block, it's probably best to maintain the 5 year change interval.