going after anifreeze what brand

barbermike34 · 11-20-2008, 06:01 PM

does it matter

FaselZ71 · 11-20-2008, 06:04 PM

Prestone is really good brand! Advance auto parts brand antifreeze is good! Buy pure antifreeze because if you buy 50/50 then you have to buy 2 gallons to get 1 gallon of coolant and 1 gallon of water if you buy pure coolant then you spend about the same as 1 jug of 50/50 but you get twice as much coolant and waters free at home!

leolkfrm · 11-20-2008, 07:03 PM

stay with color, if you have green stay w/green. if it is dexcool or pink stay with it

gmctrucks · 11-20-2008, 08:43 PM

I say away from that 50/50 type as well and again leo has a real good point don't forget to top it off with distilled water hey while there might want to flush out your heater core.

bradrhale · 11-21-2008, 05:42 AM

read your owners manual. it will tell you exactly what to get. since you have brown coolant, it might be kinda hard to distinguish what color it originally was.

87c10slammer · 11-21-2008, 08:46 AM

the brown coolant is accually the really crappy orange coolant... i had to go through my entire coolant system really good to get this stuff out... then change it to the green stuff... i have heard nothing but complaints about the erange stuff so choose to swap it.... but you cant mixx the 2 together

barbermike34 · 11-21-2008, 08:24 PM

OK i got the system flushed got rid of the crappie orange brown gunk now we got the green stuff and the heat will run u out. good call guys thanks

87c10slammer · 11-21-2008, 11:00 PM

my jimmy is the same way but i have replaced pretty much everthing but the heater core so it better work good... but now that i say that it will break so look fr the upcoming post.... lol i hope not...

bradrhale · 11-22-2008, 05:22 PM

glad to hear mike. should be good to go for another million miles now.

FaselZ71 · 11-22-2008, 05:24 PM

Yeah man glad to hear everything checked out!! Just a question of curiousity how many chunks came out when you flushed the system?

11-20-2008, 06:01 PM	#1
barbermike34 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: west kentucky Posts: 73	going after anifreeze what brand does it matter __________________

11-20-2008, 06:04 PM	#2
FaselZ71 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 1,177	Prestone is really good brand! Advance auto parts brand antifreeze is good! Buy pure antifreeze because if you buy 50/50 then you have to buy 2 gallons to get 1 gallon of coolant and 1 gallon of water if you buy pure coolant then you spend about the same as 1 jug of 50/50 but you get twice as much coolant and waters free at home! __________________ IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4

11-20-2008, 07:03 PM	#3
leolkfrm Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: N.Y. Posts: 4,931	stay with color, if you have green stay w/green. if it is dexcool or pink stay with it __________________ 4 wheels move the body 2 wheels move the soul B.W.A.I

11-21-2008, 08:24 PM	#7
barbermike34 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: west kentucky Posts: 73	OK i got the system flushed got rid of the crappie orange brown gunk now we got the green stuff and the heat will run u out. good call guys thanks __________________

11-22-2008, 05:24 PM	#10
FaselZ71 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 1,177	Yeah man glad to hear everything checked out!! Just a question of curiousity how many chunks came out when you flushed the system? __________________ IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4

11-20-2008, 08:43 PM	#4
gmctrucks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 4,645	I say away from that 50/50 type as well and again leo has a real good point don't forget to top it off with distilled water hey while there might want to flush out your heater core.

11-21-2008, 05:42 AM	#5
bradrhale Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 9,542	read your owners manual. it will tell you exactly what to get. since you have brown coolant, it might be kinda hard to distinguish what color it originally was.

11-21-2008, 08:46 AM	#6
87c10slammer Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: levittown pa Posts: 2,197	the brown coolant is accually the really crappy orange coolant... i had to go through my entire coolant system really good to get this stuff out... then change it to the green stuff... i have heard nothing but complaints about the erange stuff so choose to swap it.... but you cant mixx the 2 together

11-21-2008, 11:00 PM	#8
87c10slammer Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: levittown pa Posts: 2,197	my jimmy is the same way but i have replaced pretty much everthing but the heater core so it better work good... but now that i say that it will break so look fr the upcoming post.... lol i hope not...

11-22-2008, 05:22 PM	#9
bradrhale Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 9,542	glad to hear mike. should be good to go for another million miles now.

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