[Shotimes] Frequency of changing coolant in southern states.

[Carl Prochilo]

wow, that's a lot of miles.

Actually my SHO has not been driven very much since I mostly worked out of
my house.  Sometimes I would go 3 days without driving.  However lately
I'm driving 40 miles per day.  For whatever reason I don't look at the
coolant the same way I look at oil or even tranny fluid, which I know is
wrong.  I just have a feeling that if I start looking at this more closely
and use the appearance of the fluid as an indicator of need to change,
then I will be doing this very often.

We still have a lot of summer left here so it will be interesting to see
if cooling performance is improved.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Tue, July 6, 2004 2:15 pm, George Fourchy said:
> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:09:07 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Carl Prochilo
> wrote:
>
>>What is the general rule of thumb on this?  The coolant in my SHO is less
>>than 2 years old but is looking crappy so I'm going to flush and replace.
>
> Standard dealer recommendations is two years.
>
> I leave it in as long as it looks clear.   Lowrider has had the same fill
> for 4 or 5
> years, since the radiator was changed.  With it sitting a year, the
> fuzzies have
> plugged the radiator again, so it gets another one and a new fill.
>
> If I drive the car every day as far as I do, about 120 miles, I just make
> sure it is
> full until it gets dirty, then I change it.
>
> George
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