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Dexcool... Posted by Larry West [Email] (#1140) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Larry West) on Wed, 9 Jun 2010 06:10:52 In Reply to: Forums are bad says GM service writer....Deathcool, Railhead [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:34:45 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Dexcool is a good product, but there is a LOT of misinformation out there about it.
If your car came with Dexcool, and has never had any other product in the cooling system, you can continue to use it.
If the system has been contaminated with any other sort of coolant (green, blue, yellow, etc.), you can flush that out and re-install Dexcool, but you lose the 50k mile longevity "benefit" of the Dexcool.
If you don't want to use Dexcool any longer, just flush the system and install your preferred brand. Just remember that the 50k intervals go away when you do this.
As for forums, they're not all bad, and they're not all good. Opinions abound, and old, outdated information can get a second life in them. Usually, the correct information eventually floats to the top.
But I can't blame the service writer for his attitude. They see the same stuff, for the most part, day in and day out, and if they're good at their jobs, they know the RIGHT fix for a particular problem. Yet, I'm sure they'll get tons of people coming in with a problem, and saying that "well, IDRIVEFASTERTHANU on the XYZ forums sez..."...
Forums, used correctly, can help the average owner with some things. But, if used incorrectly, they can just as easily lead you down the wrong path.
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