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Old 04-21-2010, 12:46 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Stevoone View Post
Is there actually an issue with Dex-Cool? Most of the stuff I've read makes it sound like lack of maintenance causing issues. Sounded like when dex-cool starts to break down it allows electrolysis. GM issued the recall/bulliten because they advertise the coolant for 150,000 miles maintenance free.

Not sure if any of the above is correct, just stuff I read online at a few different places.
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Yes. I changed mine every 30k and still needed a new water pump at ~75k. When I did that there were pieces of "leather" in the system, even with the flushing.
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