Prestone or GM orange coolant?
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Prestone or GM orange coolant?
EDIT: Prestone orange or GM orange (dex-cool)
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How many gallons would I have to buy for 50/50 mix?
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How many gallons would I have to buy for 50/50 mix?
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Re: Prestone or GM orange coolant? (Bluewasp)
About 2 gallons. As far as the type, well that is another debate and can depend on your year. Sometime in the early 90's the factory started using the orange stuff...
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Re: Prestone or GM orange coolant? (87SAM)
Sometime in the early 90's the factory started using the orange stuff...[/QUOTE]
Dex-Cool (the orange stuff) was factory filled on the 1996 Vettes ONLY. Stick with the green stuff for any other year Vette. :chevy
Dex-Cool (the orange stuff) was factory filled on the 1996 Vettes ONLY. Stick with the green stuff for any other year Vette. :chevy
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Re: Prestone or GM orange coolant? (H P Bushrod)
:) I know i need to use orange, and you can't mix etc.. etc... My question is should I use Prestone ORANGE or GM AC/DELCO Brand of coolant? The GM Dex-cool is 18 bucks a gallon here in Germany and the Prestone Dex-cool is 8 bucks. I was going to use the Prestone orange but wanted to check here first.
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Re: Prestone or GM orange coolant? (FrankLT4)
If the Prestone says it is equivalent to Dexcool then I would use the Prestone. I use Havoline since it says it is equivalent and costs $6 at Walmart.
I use Havoline too. If it meets the GM spec, it should say so right on the label.
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