A neighbor of mine had red antifreeze, when she took it to the mechanic she
found out it was ATF in there. Her radiator had sprung a leak and allowed
the tranny fluid to mix in.
"Patrick and Kelly Engram" <patrickandkelly@erols.com> wrote in message
news:3FD1597A.7050701@erols.com...
:
: The stores that I have managed over the last 15 years normally average
: 400-800 cars a month. In that time, I've seen first GM's Dexcool, then
: Chrysler's and Ford's orange/red antifreeze, and VW and Audi's pink
: stuff. I have never seen any leaks or gasket failures that I could
: attest to using long-life coolant. The biggest problems that I have
: seen are with the GM 4.3L in the Blazer's and S10's-they have problems
: with sludge and rust formation that has been traced down to running the
: coolant system a little on the low side combined with inherent coolant
: system design problems. This problem has been addressed by service
: bulletins and recalls at no charge to the owners.
: I converted my wife's '96 Geo Tracker to Dexcool at 30,000 miles and
: never had a single problem using this coolant with the factory gaskets
: either.
: If your truck had "red" coolant in it, I really dont believe it was
: contaminated but it had the new long-life fluid. If it was replaced,
: then the people that informed your buddy that it was contaminated need
: to refund your money and have a shop that has a complete fluid exchanger
: replace the "green" stuff with the proper fluid. Contaminated coolant
: will not turn red unless the truck is an automatic and it is
: transmission fluid floating in it due to a crack between the trans
: cooler and the coolant side. It actually wont even look red, but more
: like a brown color.
: Patrick
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