Is Dex Cool the same pink stuff Toyota uses? They had a notice out awhile
ago saying they had solved the "Gelling Problem"!! So if a Toyota owner had
gelling pink anti freeze, they would clean out the system and replace the
coolant. If your car didn't burn up first. Bob K in PHX, AZ.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Wilkerson" <Jim.Wilkerson@sas.com>
To: <Mask1966@aol.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] water temp
> My local flaps man runs his own shop as well and says he flushes and
replaces any vehicles that come in with Dex Cool. He swears it 'eats them up
from the inside'! I assume he's talking about the engines. I tried to get a
more 'descriptive' explanation, but that's all he would say...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mask1966@aol.com [mailto:Mask1966@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:49 PM
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] water temp
>
>
> In a message dated 12/4/2003 5:12:32 AM Central Standard Time,
> c_tom@bellsouth.net writes:
> I did see the water circulating, but it didn't seem like very much
movement.
> Maybe because the water was so cool. I am use to seeing the water in my 55
> circulate, it moves along rather quickly compared to the 97.
>
> I worked on a friends S-15 (GMC) with a 4-cylinder engine that also did
not
> circulate well. As a matter of fact it overheated regularly. The normal
fixes
> were tried without success. When we pulled the water pump, the "stamped
> steel" impeller was nearly rusted away! This was the factory water pump
and the
> truck was only about 3 years old with under 40K miles. It also used
Dex-cool.
> Might explain your lack of circulation.
>
> Mike Klepp
> '48 3100 5 window
> '65 C-10 stepside
> Wichita Falls, TX
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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