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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 03:16 PM
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Coolant flush

wht would i need and how do i do a coolent flush
Old Oct 23, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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I lived in Spencerport for 28 years. Me I took it to my local mechanic. But open drain **** and clollect old antifreeze (PITA to get rid of), flush radiator, add more dexcool and refill.
Old Oct 23, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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I had my mech. drain a fill now it runs a little cooler. my HHR 2006 2lt 56,000 miles when I had it done.
Old Oct 23, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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roughly how much does that cost?
Old Oct 23, 2012 | 07:59 PM
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My Thermostat recently stuck and the dealer did ours for FREE - Happened like the 3rd day after we just bought the car. We got lucky I guess, but we had bigger issues before that so I'm sure yet another reason there were no charges.
Old Oct 23, 2012 | 09:14 PM
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It cost me $80.00 that GM dex-cool is not cheap.
Old Oct 24, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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What ever you do, do not let that dex-cool get to be more that five years old in your cooling system.
Old Oct 25, 2012 | 01:47 AM
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sounds lnkike i gotta get that done this year then
Old Nov 21, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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ok i been told by many places i can u reg engin coolent and that the dex cool is bad
Old Nov 21, 2012 | 11:35 PM
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Why would you post that? You already opened a separate thread on it.



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