Re: Coolant Flush - GM Engine Coolant Supplement ??

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I disagree with much of what you posted, but do agree with you that
Chilton's and Hayne's manuals are of very limited value. GM's decision to
go with the chemistry in Dex-Cool when there were other alternatives was a
poor one. The need for any "supplemental sealing tablets" also indicts the
design and/or the head gasket materials used.

Not sure what head gaskets have to do with this discussion. Head gaskets
and dexcool are two different things. Did head gaskets not fail before
dexcool??? Wet manifolds have always been problematic but that's also
well before dexcool was introduced...
I guess Saturn shouldn't have put Ginger Root in the cooling system from
the factory by your logic. Btw thats back when they were still using
GREEN coolant... Unfortionatly the ginger root wasn't able to seal the
severely eroded heater core pipe of a 94 SL2 that I recollect.

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If you are expending the energy to drain and re-fill the coolant, and you
are only doing it once every 4 or 5 years, then going the extra step and
flushing the system takes just a small amount of additional time.

Depends on your definition of 'flush'. Garden hose or an expensive flush
machine. Both are more time consuming and one leaves behind unfiltered
water. Me, I just open the petcock and drain as much as I can into a
container. Then I come back and blow compressed air though the Upper
hose and neck to draw out most of the remainder.

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Take a
good look at the color of the flush and then tell me with a straight face
that you'd leave that crap in there and just re-fill it.

Bob

Please discribe to me what 'color' you are refering to. The clear orange
gatorade like fluid that comes out of my cars? Shucks I thought that was
normal... I only flush cars that were poorly maintained or contaminated.
If there is no indication of that then one is wasting time and the
customers money.

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Re: Coolant Flush - GM Engine Coolant Supplement ?? - 12-30-2007 , 03:49 PM