[V8] Coolant type?

[Dave Saad]

The tie rod failure sounds more like a parts source thing.
The parts made here (in what we used to call the first world) with federal safety requirements concerning everything from metal alloys to assembly techniques probably are of higher quality than those made in a dirt floor factory by illiterate peasants in china.

Lucky for us though, the "market" has spoken and so has the electorate.  We will no longer be burdened with foolish and onerous  government oversight concerning trivial things like steering components.
The "market" will solve the problem just like it did to increase crash protection, fuel economy, reduce pollution, etc.
We all surely remember how quickly Detroit jumped to embrace all of those things.

At least, that is what the harvard school of business is telling me.

Dave


On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:11 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com wrote:

> Hey Mr. C....good to hear from you....kinda knew I would.  I totally  
> agree with the "lifetime" stuff, and  even the Dex-cool people who  
> change it every 2 years, have limited  problems.  I think anything  
> would be fine, if you changed it every 2 years, but many don't.  I've  
> been told that the additive package in the blue far surpasses  
> anything in the green, and it's only a bit more, so why not?.....only  
> drawback is when it leaks inside, and stains the carpets....On the  
> Dexcool thing, GM will do anything in it's power to not honor the  
> warranty.......There are 3 people in court over the failed Bosch  
> injector thing on the Duramax, and GM has not been friendly in that  
> respect.  .....My truck is totally stock, (except the Bilstein HD's  
> and the bomber tie rod's/front end  that I had to replace when the  
> OEM's failed @ 72K!  Mostly highway driving....I've talked with guy's  
> totally stock that failed @ 40K, and I've talked with guys @ 150K.  
> and are fine....just guessing someone's truck was built before/after  
> a siesta.....If someone wants to change over, they should flush the  
> system thoroughly as many of the coolants don't mix well(Dex is a  
> good example),  I'm a 20-30K/x2/yr kind of guy when it comes to  
> coolant/brakes.......I'd much rather have to deal with the fluid,  
> than the replacement......all that being that it may.....I'll still  
> use the blue....why not?....Tom
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