ok so i got my balt back from the body shop.. little rinky dink place but they do good work. and they put the green coolant in my engine and supercharger system... i am going to get it flushed and put the pink back in but i was wondering if it is ok to have the green in for the time being. can anyone tell me the difference between the 2?

 

green is fine. they use different chemicals for it iirc. i ran it for a year before i noticed.

 

its fine as long as they don't mix.

 

Aye, as long as they did a full system flush before filling it with the green stuff, you should have no problems. There's actually no real reason to go back to the red stuff until you need a fluid change.

 

cant gm void your warranty if they find out? i thought the ss/sc was DEX-COOL only?

 

bought it used dont got a warrenty anyways

 

Dex-cool sucks ass anyway. As long as they flushed it out good before filling it with the green stuff, you're OK. After I switch from my summer blend to my winter coolant next winter I will be using the green stuff.

 

im pretty sure they flushed it good considering they put a new radiator hah

 

yeah its ok.....green is good for like 30k before u need to flush it out.....the pink { dexcool} is good for like 150k before u need to flush it out....

 

flush your intercooler system and fill it with distilled water..

 

not good if u are in freezing temps. I was gonna do it but I go to NC every one in a while.

 

As far as what it does, it doesn't matter what coolant they put in as long as they make sure to flush the entire coolant system 100%.

With green antifreeze you should change it more often. With dexcool or HOAT coolant you can change it less frequently. The most important thing is to never mix the coolants. Even the smallest amount of dexcool mixing with green coolant can be catastrophic to the cooling system.

 

Ive never heard that....

But im not saying your wrong... ive just never really thought about it.

 

wins!

 

Water Wetter is awesome too..

 

mine still has water and its dropped to 26 a few times...although you can see it still has a little dexcool in it due to the light-pink color.

 

Also, one reason GM stopped using green antifreeze, and why almost all auto manufacturers have stopped using it, is because it contains phosphate. Aluminum will bond with phosphate making aluminum phosphate. Aluminum phosphate is insoluable and hard and if built up can cause blockage in the coolant channels and on the water pump.

Green antifreeze also contains silicate, which will erode the soft aluminum allowing phosphate and aluminum to bond even easier. G-05, which is an HOAT (hybrid organic acid technology) also contains silicate, but does not contain any phosphorus, making it safer to use in modern cars. Many European cars use HOAT as well as Ford and Chrysler as well now.

Dexcool is an OAT coolant. It contains no phosphorus or silicate. Some European cars, GM and almost all Japanese cars use OAT (dexcool) coolant in their vehicles.

 

^^ Good piece of info, thanks..