[s-cars] The great coolant debate...

[James Bowes]

This may be blasphemy, but I disagree.. there have been plenty of times 
where I'm working on an emergency project that involves flushing the 
coolant, it's about midnight the day before I need the car to be ready, and 
I'm NOT in the mood to screw around until morning to finish the job.. I head 
out to Walmart and pick the DexCool stuff. There's no difference between 
that and the others besides maybe a little 'weight' or some little 
ingredient.

Just stay away from the GREEN stuff.. I almost cried when I opened the hood 
after meeting with the guy I bought the car from and seeing phosphate-laden 
coolant eating the aluminum. :)

Humbly my 0.02

-James

>From: bob.rossato at att.net
>To: Jerry Scott <jerryscott at earthlink.net>
>CC: , s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] The great coolant debate...
>Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 21:28:36 +0000
>
>In my opinion, I wouldn't let the possibility of a roadside failure, and 
>the availability of a specific coolant type in the middle of nowhere 
>determine what you use.  If you were to have a rupture of a hose or 
>fitting, once you've fixed the leak, just top off with water.  You may no 
>longer have a 50/50 mix but you will still have enough of the coolant in 
>the system remaining to provide you adequate protection until you get to a 
>VW/Audi dealer, or back home.  You'd have to have a pretty massive cooling 
>system/engine block failure to lose all your coolant, in which case I'd say 
>you're screwed anyway.
>
>So use whatever you consider the best coolant to be and forget about 
>roadside emergencies.
>
>Bob
>
>
>
> > I'm about to do my belts also, and am interested in the reply that you
> > get.  I also do not want to use a German coolant since it would be hard
> > to get on the road.  The last time I used Prestone Dex-cool Extended
> > Life, with no problems.
> > Jerry Scott
> >
> > Gabriel Caldwell wrote:
> >
> > >My apologies if this hashes up an old subject or opens old wounds but
> > >I'm curious about your opinions on coolant.  What do you put in your S
> > >car?  G11, G12 or something else?  After copious flushings to get rid 
>of
> > >the old coolant in my 90 I have been using DexCool for quite some time
> > >with no ill effects.  My logic is that in the case of an emergency 
>(i.e.
> > >a hose popping off on a road trip and dumping your coolant) it will be 
>a
> > >lot easier to find DexCool to top up with than G11 or G12.  DexCool is
> > >phosphate and silicate free which should meet the goals G11 and G12
> > >accomplish.  Now that I've done the timing belt on the S, I would like
> > >to flush out my cooling system and refill it.  I have G11, G12 and
> > >DexCool in my garage and I'm still debating what to do.  Opinions?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Gabriel Caldwell
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