Tony and Tom, my thoughts were the sme as Tom before I read his message the
heating - cooling portion tranny fluid could be leaking into the rad,
although you think it would make a frothy scum or slick in the rad. The G M
fluid in my Cadillac is nothing but trouble, every winter I have to get a
heater core flush.
Jim Knox, 91 Dakota 318 LA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@earthlink.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Red Antifreeze
>
> 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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