Tony Troidl wrote:
> Just a quick question, I had a friend of mine take my '02 Sport to jiffy
> lube for an oil change yesterday, and they checked the rad fluid and told
> her it was contaminated and turned red! and when they had checked it it was
> no good and would freeze!
>
> so out came the red antifreeze, they flushed it and put in normal green...
>
> I recall talk about this type of fluid maybe last year or so, is their a
> reason for the red?
>
> and should I be pissed that they drained what is probably a much more
> expensive antifreeze?
>
>
> Tony.
>
Are you sure it was red ANTIFREEZE? GM uses the Orange DexCool - and I
know Ford and Chrysler have their own extended life antifreeze a pinkish
color - but to my knowledge Daks have always used the greel glycol
stuff. If you had RED antifreeze I would be inclined to think it could
be trans fluid from a leaking cooler line (a non external trans fluid
cooler - my trans fluid lines are plummed into a cooler in the bottom
radiator tank)
Unless, its a 4.7L engine - in which case I dont know if that one uses
an extended life coolant or green stuff.
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