just wondering if anyone knows whats a good temp for your coolant to be at??? mine usually says 198 is that too high??? cuz some times it gets up to 212... just wondering when i need to start wonderin when its getting to high

 

Mine ranges from 187 crusing on the highway to about 210 standing still, your temp should be just fine.

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...t=coolant+temp

Read that thread...should answer any questions you have.

 

For all you Canadians.....................83-84 degrees is normal operating temp and all I've ever seen even driving WOT.

 

I am usally in that range but 90-95 isn't unusal.

 

i think over 230 is too high... welcome dude... where-a-bouts in jersy you from?

 

If you peak over 230 once in a while, it's ok. If you're over 230 consistently, it's not going to hurt the car, but it is a sign the system's losing its ability to cool the engine. If it has been a while, get the system flushed and re-filled. Over time the coolant will break down and won't transfer heat as efficiently.

 

i just got mine filled, and they put in the green coolant instead
i was pissed, so i went and bought a bottle or Water Wetter

 

There's no difference in performance between the green and the red / orange / whatever color they put it. You just can't mix them. As long as they flushed it first, then re-filled with green, you're good to go. I had my Pontiac flushed and filled with green after my radiator, heater core, and water pump all had to be replaced in a 1-year span. No problems after that, except the heater core going again, but that was due to a bad install from the shop.

 

really?
then why do they put in the Dex-Cool?

 

185-202 depending if im at a stop or rolling

 

everytime i check my temp its at, or around 190 after driving for a little while.

later

 

well thank you all and i am from North Jersey.... Morris County

 

i have had mine get up to about 230 max when i was sitting idle in the staging lanes at the dragway but as soon as i went down the track it droped back to around 190 where it usually stays

 

Who knows? Marketing, maybe? I have not seen a single mechanic say dex-cool is better than anything else, and have seen several that say it's not. It's "supposed" to last 5 years / 150 k miles, and perhaps it does, but you still need to break the system open sooner than that and flush it. I supposed afterwards you can put the dex-cool back in rather than change the fluid out, but it's not like 15 bucks of green stuff every couple years it going to break the bank, anyway.

 

^^^ Last time I bought Dex-cool, it was ORANGE! I hover in the low 190s while driving in the city.

 

Mine has been as high as 223 with the AC on and 105 outside. It did`nt seem to hurt anything

 

Likewise...I was referring to regular antifreeze as the green stuff.