Ugh, O'reilly dexcool

[Bigjoe980]

Went and picked some of that 50/50 up for the gtp (I need to get it flushed, but new clean coolant is better than nothing, right?) Started pouring it in through my funnel, a couple DROPS of that **** splashed onto my fingers and they swelled up instantly... Stuff is just off the charts nasty!

Got pretty paranoid I might have gotten some on the ground (we have stray cats around) and with what it did with a few drops, I can only imagine drinking it. Might have went a little over board cleaning it up

[REDCRAPGP]

Green coolant ftw

[hensleya1]

Green coolant ftw

^^ this

[Bigjoe980]

green is nice, but I do love how when this orange crap corrodes you get a get nice fat glob of indicator, (maybe it's just me, but) it immediately makes me want to go through and check things that I would other wise put off.

[Slick2500]

I just use the Walmart green crap.

[BillBoost37]

Why pick either color these days? AnyColor FTMFW

[Bigjoe980]

Oh jeez, I had a real dumbass moment yesterday.. I forgot to make sure my overflow cap was tight. So I go for a drive, some bumps here and there, yada yada... well I started to notice some kind of funny odor. It ended up spraying onto the motor, the rim/tire, the radiator, and of ofcourse my airbox.


I think the smell of burning dexcool is enough to give somebody cancer, lol. Made my nose start to bleed anyways.

[BillBoost37]

Overflow should never be that full... unless you are a 97/98 and even then.. it wouldn't be that full

[stocker]

How big of bumps were you driving over?!

[Bigjoe980]

Overflow should never be that full... unless you are a 97/98 and even then.. it wouldn't be that full

Ya sure? It is a 98 with a tiny ass overflow wedged right up by the airbox..... It's allways been about 50-60% full... but it is easily possible I added too much!



And the bumps weren't exactly enough to bounce off the ground, but they were ...eh, "shook the car around after a 40mph deep pothole " bad at worst

[Explicit_Spade]

If you swelled up quickly from touching coolant, you may have an allergy to something in it. Propylene glycol allergies are actually pretty common.

[The Guz]

You should do the coolant relocation with the 99+ overflow bottle.

[Bigjoe980]

You should do the coolant relocation with the 99+ overflow bottle.

It was actually like this from the showroom floor *shrugs* Only thing bugging me about it is the air hole on the tank.. tends to end up getting one drop or so worked out of it.. and I like to run without the top of my air box, so where does it suck into? lol. I'm sick of the tiny pinkish/orange spot on my air filter, *sigh* the price of a better, cheap, whine.