lets talk antifreeze

[Sarthos]

You know what you should do? Make the home made mix... with distilled water!

[cobratt03]

Ever see a GM car that had dexcool in it. Then open the rad cap! it looks like rusted gel through the cooling system.

Stick with green or honda blue.

I know i saw on one of the websites, there was a test to see which was best for long life and performance.

[deevergote]

My old GTP had Dexcool... I never even got far enough into it to open the rad cap. The engine was leaking almost all of its oil in about 100 miles...

[red07frontier]

So, most yellow antifreeze is an all makes all models can be mixed with anything with no harm. The aftermarket is coming out with this to minimize the amount of different types to have to make and stock. OE brands have their own versions, Honda is blue, euro is usually pink, and gm uses dex-cool.
The old green will be gone soon.

These new types of antifreezes protect aluminum alot better as well. The biggest reason for corosion in the cooling system is electrolysis. Using regular tap water or distilled water is bad as it promotes this. If your gonna use pure antifreeze and add water use de-ionized. If your cooling system is getting corroded you can try adding a few ground wires to the engine and body.

As for the correct ratio, it depends on your temps in your area but 50/50 is good and even up to 30% antifreeze and 70% water if it doesn't get very cold where you live.

For the record as well, the yellow all makes will mix with anything with no problems. We use it at the shop and it works great.

[cb7rush]

so would the yellow be ok to use as long as my system is flushed completely..and I mean completely?

and I am gona add ground wires seeing as i like things to be grounded and not be shocked while entering the car it hurts

[deevergote]

I wouldn't mix types unless you know for certain that they're compatible. Chances are, the old coolant has mixed with the rubber hoses, so that residue alone may cause issues. I'm only guessing here, as I have nothing to base this on... but on that assumption alone, I wouldn't risk it.

The regular autoparts-store green stuff works fine. If it doesn't, it's not the fault of the coolant. There's something else going wrong!

[toycar]

I wouldn't mix types unless you know for certain that they're compatible. Chances are, the old coolant has mixed with the rubber hoses, so that residue alone may cause issues. I'm only guessing here, as I have nothing to base this on... but on that assumption alone, I wouldn't risk it.

The regular autoparts-store green stuff works fine. If it doesn't, it's not the fault of the coolant. There's something else going wrong!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hes right for more then one reason. If you are thinking something is wrong with the Green, your crazy.

It works great on lots of cars.

I run Fluidyne on one of my DSM's, and again, deev's right. The coolant does mix with the hoses, and if you convert to any other fluid its a pita getting the old stuff, really gone. I honestly still have issues from time to time when the season change.