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Coolant probelms 900

posted by  someone claiming to be ringlee on  Tue Feb 26 15:01 CST 2002 [RELATED]

The B230 engine is incredibly robust and few coolant-related troubles have been ascribed to it. Almost any coolant will work well if you follow several simple rules: flush the old coolant out completely, finishing with a distilled water flush; use the coolant at 50-50 ratio; use distilled water for makeup; and keep the level up.

The only coolant complaints recorded here relate to orange Texaco Havoline Dexcool and its use in B6300 all-aluminum engines; some report leaks. GM has had deposit problems with this same coolant, not experienced with the Prestone or Zerex Dexcool orange formulations found in the US.

Overseas, your absolute best bet in coolant is Glysantin from Zerex/BASF, used by Mercedes and others (including, as it happens, Volvo: they dye it). Zerex will be bringing this out in the US in the near future.






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