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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 09:20 PM
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dexcool? whats the deal with this shit..whys it different from green oldskool coolant?
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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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Dex-Cool has entirely new anticorrosive chemistry that is longer lasting and more friendly to cooling system parts, especially seals.
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DO NOT leave it in for the 100k+ miles it tells you too. Ive seen some peoples stuff where its corroded and gummed up the entire system.
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 05:04 AM
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so change it when then?
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 05:18 AM
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probably every 50k
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 05:24 AM
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I Flush mine every 2 years.
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 09:11 PM
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hm...mines got 67K...it should be done then?
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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it NEVER hurts

just do it, get it over with and a little bit of a piece of mind

besides, i would do it at that milage anyways
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