I've been gettin the low coolant light the last couple days on my Z24, and I want to top off the coolant with some Dex-Cool until I get a chance to get a radiator flush.

When I look at the coolant in my car, it looks pink to me, but the closest Dex-Cool that any of the stores around here have is orange Dex-Cool. I don't want to mix colors so does anyone know where I can find the pink Dex-Cool? Or is the coolant that came stock in my car really orange? One of the parts stores told me that some people think its pink, but its actually orange.

Dex cool is dex cool, regardless of color, it still sux.

Its orange man; dex-cool is orange. Just dip your finger in the resvouir and put your finger on a napkin or paper towel and the color will be orange; just had my coolant flushed like 2 months ago in my 98 sunfire 2200.





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Ok, cool. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't mixing 2 colors together. I know some people don't like Dex-Cool, and then others do. I'm just gonna stick with it though because it hasn't caused me any problems so far.

If I top off my coolant, do I need to add a 50/50 mix(Dexcool & distilled water) or do I just add Dex-Cool by itself?

El Fuego ( the unstable ) wrote:Dex cool is dex cool, regardless of color, it still sux.

I read your reply and I was like... word. But then you said it "sux" There is nothing wrong with dex cool!

It lasts for 5 years. As opposed to 1-2 from the old green coolant.

terry denomme wrote:Just dip your finger in the resevoir and put your finger in your mouth

Perfect.

eh, Sunfires... (Tom) wrote:

El Fuego ( the unstable ) wrote:Dex cool is dex cool, regardless of color, it still sux.

I read your reply and I was like... word. But then you said it "sux" There is nothing wrong with dex cool!

It lasts for 5 years. As opposed to 1-2 from the old green coolant.

terry denomme wrote:Just dip your finger in the resevoir and put your finger in your mouth

Perfect.

It may "last" 5 years then why drain, flush and fill your radiator atleast once a year?

eh, Sunfires... (Tom) wrote:

El Fuego ( the unstable ) wrote:Dex cool is dex cool, regardless of color, it still sux.

I read your reply and I was like... word. But then you said it "sux" There is nothing wrong with dex cool!

It lasts for 5 years. As opposed to 1-2 from the old green coolant.

terry denomme wrote:Just dip your finger in the resevoir and put your finger in your mouth

Perfect.

LOL, taste good too,LOL
Like an orange sucker, but sweeter...





98 j-body sedan

El Fuego ( the unstable ) wrote:

eh, Sunfires... (Tom) wrote:

El Fuego ( the unstable ) wrote:Dex cool is dex cool, regardless of color, it still sux.

I read your reply and I was like... word. But then you said it "sux" There is nothing wrong with dex cool!

It lasts for 5 years. As opposed to 1-2 from the old green coolant.

terry denomme wrote:Just dip your finger in the resevoir and put your finger in your mouth

Perfect.

It may "last" 5 years then why drain, flush and fill your radiator atleast once a year?

say what?
You flush and refill your dex cool at least once a year?
Our 2002 is going strong on the OE dex cool. May need to change it soon.
If it had the green stuff, you'd need to change it 4 times in that period.

Chris99z wrote:Ok, cool. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't mixing 2 colors together. I know some people don't like Dex-Cool, and then others do. I'm just gonna stick with it though because it hasn't caused me any problems so far.

If I top off my coolant, do I need to add a 50/50 mix(Dexcool & distilled water) or do I just add Dex-Cool by itself?

If you're topping off, just use str8 coolant.

side note: yes change this dexcool/distilled water mixture every 5 years, regardless of how many miles u drive (unless u dirve 100,ooo miles before the 5 year period <cabbies>

ps: prestone yellow coolant for ALL makes/models are just as good... same 5 year/100,ooo mile change interval. =dexcool in yellow color...

here's a link to my discussion from another auto message board...

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=146097

Dex-cool is yellow??????????? above message...
I heard the yellow prestone is good as well, mixes with anything.





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terry denomme wrote:Dex-cool is yellow??????????? above message...
I heard the yellow prestone is good as well, mixes with anything.

nooooooooo

prestone/yellow
dexcool/orange

very similar properties...

as noted if u click on the nico discussion/ i have linked BOBISTHEOILGUY thread there...
read that & spread the knowledge!

On another note: there's a shelf-life to premixed coolant/distilled water products ~2 years, while str8 up 100% coolant has an indefinite shelf life... another Cliff Claven fact.cheers reference

I found today that I'm gonna need to add a decent amount of Dex-cool to get the level up to the Full Cold line so should I add some distilled water with the Dex-cool that I'm adding?

Earl A, I know you said to just add straight coolant, but is that only if I'm just topping off? I ended up needing more than I thought I did. I just wanna do this as a temporary fix before I get a flush in the next week or two.

Cool, i did not have my coolant changed until a few months ago and my car is a 98; so i waitted 7 years.





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Don't worry bout the color just buy some. As long as it's what it should be. LOL

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I know you said to just add straight coolant, but is that only if I'm just topping off? I ended up needing more than I thought I did. I just wanna do this as a temporary fix before I get a flush in the next week or two.

i'd go w/ custom's statement; u r not deviating that much from 50/50 mixture. u will b ok in this area.

the thing i'm worried about is that it was soo low to introduce air into the system... leads to hotspots & in some threads, air + the dexcool mixture= sludge...BOO!

I'd find the coolant/air bleed valve, open it up while cold (duh), & keep pouring until a steady stream of orange pisses out of that thing... it was easy to fing the bolt on my sis's 2.2L engine. dunno where it is on the 2.4L

I think the level in my reservoir was about an inch & a half below the Full Cold line. I went ahead & bought some distilled water & mixed some of it with the Dex-Cool before I added it. I just added the coolant into the reservoir & then closed it back up.....I didn't mess with anything else.

Am I gonna be OK, or should I look for the coolant/air bleed valve? I've driven the car twice since I added the coolant & I didn't have any issues.....they were both really short trips though.