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Re: DEX-Cool etc.

To: Jonathan Amo <webmaster@landracing.com>
Subject: Re: DEX-Cool etc.
From: Rick Hammond <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:34:14 -0500
Hi All,
I had a heater core pinhole on a '97 Ford F150; just bad luck I guess. ;-(

I'm leaning towards the propylene glycol coolants; I have read that they are
even
kinder to aluminum as well as being non-toxic.
Anybody using them?
Cheers,
Rick

Jonathan Amo wrote:

> Tony G,
>
> If you happen to have access to the tsb for chevy vehicles, there is a
> tsb in there that says you can put the regular green ethanol-glycol in
> there if the system is properly flushed
> Ill look for it tomorrow and see what vehicle it pretained to, i should
> have a history on it.
>
> Jonathan
>
> RACE427@aol.com wrote:
>
> >While we are on this DEX-COOL thing, how about changing over to Dex-cool from
> >ethylene glycol anti-freeze and then developing external coolant leaks
> >between the cylinder head and block.  It is happening as we read this on a
> >1992 Ford Explorer in my shop.  The plan is to go back on Prestone and see if
> >the leaks stop.   Remember, there was no leak before the Dex-Cool !!!!
> >        Tony G.   LI,NY

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