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Eric
Since we're doing non-Dmax questions here thought I'd ask you what you think about the 4.3 engine with the Dexcool??
I have a 2001 S10 with about 65k on it. It's my work truck and I need to make it last at least as long as the S10 with the 2.8 it replaced. That was 315K and 10 years.
I'm worried about this Dexcool thing and the lawsuit about it. I'm still on the original load of coolant and was planning on replacing it at 100k which will be between 3 and 4 years of it's life.
My questions are as follows:
1. The other day I noticed a little build up of something around the cap so I opened it. The level was full but there was a crusty build up on the ends of the cap. I cleaned it all off and got a new cap in case the cap was allowing air into the system.
Is there anything else I should be doing, or should I be worried about a problem?
2. When it comes time to change the antifreeze I would normally have drained the fluid out and run the engine with a hose in it for a long time allowing a little of the water to drain out the drain plug to flush out the system completely. I then would have run some radiaot flush in the system and flushed it out the same way. I then would have refilled the system with fresh antifreeze.
Is this an okay method to use with the Dexcool?? Is there a problem if I don't get all the tap water out of the system before I add the Dexcool?? Should I even be refilling with Dexcool or go with regular antifreeze. What is the best way to try to completely drain this system??
Thanks for you input
Since we're doing non-Dmax questions here thought I'd ask you what you think about the 4.3 engine with the Dexcool??
I have a 2001 S10 with about 65k on it. It's my work truck and I need to make it last at least as long as the S10 with the 2.8 it replaced. That was 315K and 10 years.
I'm worried about this Dexcool thing and the lawsuit about it. I'm still on the original load of coolant and was planning on replacing it at 100k which will be between 3 and 4 years of it's life.
My questions are as follows:
1. The other day I noticed a little build up of something around the cap so I opened it. The level was full but there was a crusty build up on the ends of the cap. I cleaned it all off and got a new cap in case the cap was allowing air into the system.
Is there anything else I should be doing, or should I be worried about a problem?
2. When it comes time to change the antifreeze I would normally have drained the fluid out and run the engine with a hose in it for a long time allowing a little of the water to drain out the drain plug to flush out the system completely. I then would have run some radiaot flush in the system and flushed it out the same way. I then would have refilled the system with fresh antifreeze.
Is this an okay method to use with the Dexcool?? Is there a problem if I don't get all the tap water out of the system before I add the Dexcool?? Should I even be refilling with Dexcool or go with regular antifreeze. What is the best way to try to completely drain this system??
Thanks for you input