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Jan 12, 2009 | 05:42 PM

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coolant ??

ive herd bad things about dexcool antifreeze, and ive also herd to run it in aluminum engines what do you guys have to say?

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Jan 12, 2009 | 10:41 PM

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there is a humungous thread on this. search the official dexcool vs green thread or something of that nature

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Jan 13, 2009 | 12:08 PM

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there is a humungous thread on this. search the official dexcool vs green thread or something of that nature

+2, it's been beat to death, FWIW, I have always run dexcool in both my '97 SS and '99 SS with no problems. Any antifreeze will work, some even just run water with water wetter.

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Jan 13, 2009 | 12:19 PM

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I run the green stuff.

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Jan 13, 2009 | 03:57 PM

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alright i figurd there has been a couple and didnt feel like reading through all the b.s. so i figured some one would give short quick pros and cons thanks guys

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i figured there was just didnt deel like reading throught the b.s.s figured some one would pro and con it but thanks guy

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Dexcool is a superior coolant, stick with it. Just don't let it get low.

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Jan 13, 2009 | 04:08 PM

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Ohh man, let the battle begin...

Use any coolant you want, just don't mix them.

If you convert from dexcool, make sure you drain and flush the whole system (not just the radiator) before you add the new green, yellow, (insert color of your choice) stuff.

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Jan 13, 2009 | 04:20 PM

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I use Caterpillar RED

coolant. Great stuff. Good for 6000 hours on the machines.

Like said above, use whatever you want. Just dont mix ELC.

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Jan 13, 2009 | 06:19 PM

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I use Caterpillar RED

coolant. Great stuff. Good for 6000 hours on the machines.

Like said above, use whatever you want. Just dont mix ELC.

Their regular is purple!

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Their regular is purple!

Purple? All I have seen in 3 + years is green and red. Red being the ELC.

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Purple? All I have seen in 3 + years is green and red. Red being the ELC.

Yep. i work at the Cat dealer in Va. they changed from green to purple a couple of years ago.

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