Engine Coolant Choice

[gone-ot]

Originally Posted by 99LeCouch

As an owner of a GM car that had Death-Cool in it, I like having choices.

...same situation "here," a 1999 Malibu 3.1L V6 that had to have intake manifold gasket replaced at ~60K miles because Dex-Cool "ate" the gasket.

[Gasoline Fumes]

I'm sticking with G-05 or the old green stuff. The only place I can find the G-05 is Napa.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...8/ai_n9453107/

[TexasCotton]

Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes

I'm sticking with G-05 or the old green stuff. The only place I can find the G-05 is Napa.
COOLANT CONFUSION: It's Not Easy Being Green . . . or Yellow or Orange or . . . | Motor | Find Articles at BNET

Hey
thanks for the link very good reading. I am thinking that "G-05" is NAPA house brand.
Thanks
04PriusSlvg

[TexasCotton]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

I use the cheap green stuff. Always have and why not? It always works. And it's cheap. And it works.

Why, when something works, bust a nut to find something else?

The low cost product is fine on defined application. Toyota has used a pink/red dye with OAG with no silicates and some phosphates and this is incompatible to that application. Toyota owners are seem to be "adamant" bout Toyota Long Life Coolant though.
thanks
04SlvPrius

[gone-ot]

Originally Posted by TexasCotton

The low cost product is fine on defined application. Toyota has used a pink/red dye with OAG with no silicates and some phosphates and this is incompatible to that application. Toyota owners are seem to be "adamant" bout Toyota Long Life Coolant though.
thanks
04SlvPrius

...samething affects us Pontiac Vibe owners who have a vehicle with a GM-nameplate but 99% of the parts are Toyota-made...including the factory (Freemont, CA) installed OEM pink (not Dex-Cool!) coolant.

[Ford Man]

I always use whatever happens to be cheapest or has the largest rebate. This year I bought Prestone because with their rebate of buy one gallon get a gallon free, it brought the cost down to $4.25 a gallon at the local Wally World for full strength.

[Jyden]

This stuff is very good:

http://q8oil.ro/co/en/Q8%20Antifreeze%20Long%20Life.pdf

I have the very best experiences with this coolant, and I highly reccomend it.

[Gasoline Fumes]

Originally Posted by TexasCotton

Hey
thanks for the link very good reading. I am thinking that "G-05" is NAPA house brand.
Thanks
04PriusSlvg

It comes in a Zerex bottle. Specified by Mercedes, Chrysler and Ford. Autozone used to carry it, but I haven't seen it there in a while.

[Jethro]

Zerez G-05 is legit. "Old Green" works great in older motors, but has unwanted effects on corroding plastics and aluminum which are WAY to common on newer vehicles. My father decided to run green in my mom's 3800 after a flush, and not a few months later, blown manifold gasket led to engine hyrdolocking. If you have to change dex-cool every 3 years... and it costs $4 more a gallon... Come on people, it's not THAT much more.

One thing I didn't see mentioned is the use of Distilled water when filling the system. If you put in less minerals, there are less to build up in the system. I understand that when you flush it with a garden hose, you'll get tap water in there... But hey, I'm OCD.

[wagonman76]

I use the old green stuff. Though it's getting harder and harder to find. Only place I can find it now is Kmart as Peak Original Green. It's always worked well in my old engines and that's all I want to use. And my engines have plenty of aluminum and plastic parts.

I'm not up on all these different types being discussed, but for all I know, anything "extended life" = Deathcool. I won't use any of it.