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how long is coolant good for? #1179766 02/08/05 04:25 AM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 709 DA BOOGIE DOWN D DJ Capp 911 OP Veteran CEG\'er
OP DJ Capp 911 Veteran CEG\'er D Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 709 DA BOOGIE DOWN	The last time i took my car for an oil change i asked for the coolant to be done and the guy looked at it and said that it "looked fine" and I should probably save my money and not do it. My car has been driven sparingly the last 2 years and it's about to go back on the road. I'm thinking that all fluids need to be changed from sitting so long. What do you guys think? Will it be majorly detrimental to drive the car at all without doing this? I will be bringing the car from the Boston area to NYC and dont know if I will be in boston long enough to get it all done so I just want to be sure that I can drive it all the way to NYC without major issues and then get this stuff done. car is a 99 v6 mtx 80k miles

Re: how long is coolant good for? #1179767 02/08/05 04:31 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,602 KC, MO D DemonSVT_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
DemonSVT_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er D Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,602 KC, MO	Silicate/Phosphate (conventional green stuff) = 2 years/30k miles OAT (too many variations to list) = 4 years/60k I change mine every 2-3 years and use OAT. 2000 SVT #674 13.47 @ 102 - All Motor! It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.

Re: how long is coolant good for? #1179768 02/08/05 05:53 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,693 Thousand Oaks, California, USA B Big Jim_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
Big Jim_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,693 Thousand Oaks, California, USA	Green coolant should be changed every two to three years. It should be changed BEFORE it looks like it needs to be changed. Personally, I use OAT (Dexcool) in my Contour and HOAT (hybrid OAT) in the Escape (GO5). The Escape came with HOAT and I don't see a need to make a change. Most important of all, I change them both annually, during the aniversary month. Jim Johnson 98 SVT 03 Escape Limited

Re: how long is coolant good for? #1179769 02/09/05 03:44 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 284 not far enough away S stickyjazz CEG\'er
stickyjazz CEG\'er S Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 284 not far enough away	After you open the bottle and store it in the fridge, I pitch it after 1 week. It just doesn't taste the same after that.

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