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Subject:Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
From:dylan friedman
Date:Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:35:18 -0700

DexCool is the only other than VW blue coolant that I have used on 5 vans stock and converted with well over 100k miles documented without any cooling system issues.

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Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU> wrote: Michael Elliott  writes:

> Thanks guys. Nice to hear that I have not set off some irreversible
> chemical reaction which will result in all the coolant hardening
> into Jello or precipitating out some corrosive chemical with that
> ill-considered splash of OAT antifreeze.

I personally would not use Dex Cool (a/k/a Death Cool) based on all
the horror stories I've heard, and my own experience using it in a '91
Jetta.

No reason to panic, but maybe accelerate your next change interval to
the nearest convenient time.

Allan