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Say NO to DexCool! It is not what you want. you can purchase a small litmus paper test kit and test all your coolant protection and even if it is in need of being flushed. Also putting a voltage test probe + in the radiator coolant, The - to block ground, if you showed .2vdc plus it is time to flush and replace.
My W350 coolant is nearly ten years old and still passes testing. No bloom or corrosion in the brass radiator. I have a early Dakota that seems to need replacement every three years. To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:31:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] I know this WILL come up again sometime
On 6/18/2014 2:54 AM, Steve Albu wrote:
> I wonder what this writer's credentials are or how useful the article > really is for those of us with older cars that usually do have some > brass in the cooling systems, if they are original? I would never use > DexCool in my older cars. He says DexCool has received a bum rap while > most others say it deserves the rap. So most other authors are wrong > and he is right? The coolant jugs I see in stores today say long life > coolant, the green stuff anyway, should last 5 years, not 3 years, and I > have had the green silicate based coolant in all of my cars that could > be classified as "garage queens" longer than that with no ill effects. > While I appreciate the effort to inform, I really don't trust the > information. > Steve Albu All the information is verifiable. Despite the promotional material the anti-freeze companies try any publish. Several of them got into trouble with the Government watchdogs for claiming 'Their' stuff was universal, when it was not! I believe that modern system are meant to be SEALed up tight, NO Air bubbles or gaps, unlike the systems in the 50's and 60's. And that can be a problem if some of the modern formulations have extra air in the system, that allows particulates to develop and settle out, and that can hasten diminishing quality of today's formulas. Despite claims, I am on a 3 year replacement cycle even in the Wifypoo's PT GT R/T. I have Seen the crude modern anti-freeze can build up in systems too much to accept the 5 year cycle they are claiming. Might be a tad over cautious but I'll take that that gamble. Saw it with the 98 Sebring, saw it with FrankenTruck, And even in the PT when it had to have the radiator replaced. -- Paul Holmgren GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC, and YOU MAY AS WELL, EVERYONE ELSE IS! __._,_.___ Posted by: RICK AND DEBBIE CLAPHAM <rixpac@xxxxxxx> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang __,_._,___ |
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