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    It's the DexCool eatting away at your gaskets. If you feel up to it do another realy good flush & reaplace that DexCool with the Green stuff. As for the coolant being low you could have a leak.
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    Hm. If the gaskets are being eaten, shouldn't I replace them along with the flush?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SDGTP99 View Post
    It's the DexCool eatting away at your gaskets..
    nothing like straight up ignorance

    Quote Originally Posted by OH4CompG View Post
    FYI, dexcool doesn't "eat" gaskets. Poor LIM gasket design causes them to crack, letting dexcool react with air and then sludge.
    THATS more like it!


    http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=958284
    you're really gonna tell me thats not poor design?


    coincidentally mine failed in the exact same spots....



    i was having a problem similair to yours.. i'd lose about a half gallon of coolant every few months, and could not figure out where it was going. turns out it was mixing in with the oil, and being evaporated.
    what gave me the idea was i always cut open my oil filters, and recently they looked like sh*t, suggesting there was moisture getting in there somehow. cut open your next filter, if it looks anything like this (wavy/warped pleats), youve got moisture in your oil.
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