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what is our coolant??

can i add water to it?

can i use universal?
 
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i just use the cheap crap at walmart.
 
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i mean that orange color prestone???heavy-duty..i know some prestone dont mix toghetter and can attack aluminium...
 
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You can mix the gm dexcool or the universal, just dont use green.
 
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You need HOAT coolant
and Dexcool similar but not the same , When i did my flush i looked into prestone Dexcool thing but put mopar coolant back in.
 

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You need HOAT coolant
and Dexcool is not the same , When i did my flush i looked into prestone but put mopar coolant back in.


zerex is hoat coolant??
 
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I completely flushed my system and put in GM DEX-COOL
You should not add plain tap water into your system, it should be DISTILLED WATER
The Hoat is some stupid expensive organic hybrid.

I would never use anything that says universal.

Remember coolant is like brakes do not cheap out on this. Good brakes makes your truck stop when needed.
Good coolant keeps your entire engine and cooling system in good condition. If you mess it up you can trash the entire engine.

This is just my thoughts, do as you wish.

 
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LOL all the horror stories about GM's Dex-Cool i wouldn't even put it in a GM vehicle!!
But each to there own as long as it says for Chrysler you should be ok
And on a side note Mopar coolant is concentrated (you mix it) and its only 5$ more then prestone 50/50
 
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i dont want to flush it i test it and the gauge tap the maximum like -58

i just need to add some... 1L MAX i swap the themostat and lost a little bit of the stock coolant.
 
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HOAT and Dexcool are different names for the same technology. They do differ slightly but are compatable.
 


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