More info on Dex-Cool aka "Death Cool"

[gagt98driver]

http://www.imcool.com/articles/antifreeze-coolant/dexcool-macs2001.htm

[Riley1123d]

eh I don't think its Dexcool, my car has never had a problem with it. All I know is dexcool looks too much like coolaid!

[rixGAphx]

NOT NEW INFO!!

Read the header on the articles:

As appeared in the Jan/Feb 2001 edition of
Cool Profit$ Magazine

-Rick

[RocketFast321]

if they use it in a vette then it is ok for my car

[SmokinGT00]

Originally posted by RocketFast321
if they use it in a vette then it is ok for my car

until you get a nice leak....

[RocketFast321]

Twin Cams don't leak like the 3100 and 3400 :D

[Pte Socks]

is this the same guy who started the dex-cool, death cool thing? becasue if it is.. i got really annoyed with your last rant. gimme a break.

[Pte Socks]

my mistake, its not some stupid article telling how bad dex-cool is, thats a first some guy last time ranted on how bad it was for your cars and it really started to annoy me, sorry peoples.

[gagt98driver]

NOT NEW INFO!!
Yes I know that based on the date of the article this is something that came out a couple of years ago... I titled it new info because it was something that was never posted on these forums before as in "New to Us".

is this the same guy who started the dex-cool, death cool thing? becasue if it is.. i got really annoyed with your last rant. gimme a break.
No its not the same guy. In fact, I'm the one of those who got really annoyed and who went off on the other person that you're speaking of whose only posts on this forum were always about Dex-Cool and what a horrible horrible product it was, blaming everything bad that had happened to his car on the Dex.

I posted the link because it spoke about one of the problems with Dex that many have brought up - the brown appearance - and explained about it being caused by chronically low coolant levels sometimes resulting from bad pressure caps on the cooling system. This in particular "Keep the cooling system filled. In fact, fill the reservoir bottle to “Hot” level when the system is cold." being one key aspect in keeping the coolant from becoming contaminated and changing colors. Its the rule I've alwasy followed with all of my vehicles - reguardless of the type of coolant in them. Fill to the hot mark when cold. Their is enough extra room in the cooling system to handle this slight overfilling and should a small leak develop that extra coolant gives you a slightly larger amount of coolant to help compensate for any loss, at least in the short run.

That's the method I used on my and my fiancee's Cultass Cieras when whe owned them since they always lost a bit of coolant between oil changes. Fill to hot line when cold. Check after 2 weeks and when the coolant reached the cold line when cold refill to hot line.