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Old 06-23-2014, 12:36 PM   #43 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
I've drained hundreds of gallons of factory fill coolant out of Japanese cars. I know what it looks like. Stop by a Honda dealership and look at the coolant in the recovery bottle on anew car, that should convince you.

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I don't doubt that you know what the fluid looked like from the factory or at a Honda dealership, but I just bought coolant for my 1998 DX. I'm flushing my coolant system right now and I'm out there with the block tester checking for exhaust gasses in my coolant because I suspect the head gasket for replacement. O'Reilley's will tell you to buy the green, and that's what the shop put in 5 years ago when I had the radiator replaced. I realize the FSM calls for mixing Honda coolant with water 50/50 and that this might be that stuff. But unless we feel certain this is 14+ year old coolant (warranty), I'm suggesting that the coolant might be incorrectly replaced premixed stuff, for example using the orange/yellow or whatever, instead of the prescribed green. EDIT: just posted my test results: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post431456
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.




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