In a message dated 5/28/08 6:10:33 AM, frogeye@porterscustom.com writes:
> So the latest Healey Marque has a piece about coolants and silica versus
> OAT chemistries. All well and good. Well sort of. Nearly all the automotive
> shop digests I get have strong opinions against the OAT variety. Esp.
> Dexcool. The general gist of their argument is that it destroys the seals in
> the newer engines, which should not concern us as a group.
> I've always used the "old green stuff" with out any concerns and have
> always recommended it to my customers.
> I'd like to know who amongst us is using Dexcool and your results
> Thanks!
> Dave
>
I have been using Zerex Extreme Coolant in my Healey for 9 years now. It is
the orange, long life coolant similar to Dexcool. No problems.
A similar coolant is REQUIRED by BMW in their newer cars.
Bob Humphreys
1960 BT7, 1974 JH
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