In 2005 I bought my wife a Chevy Equinox with the V-6. We've owned that thing since day one. The car has been serviced every six months. Never once has anyone said anything about the coolent (and never did I look at the manual) My wife went to use the car last week and came in to me fussing that the car wouldn't get warm. Me, I'm thinking thermostat is stuck, so I dropped it at our shop. Well I was sorta right, it was the thermostat as well as blown head gaskets and two cracked heads.
Seems Chevy, as well as the other carmakers, changed the coolent in their engines. It can't be mixed with any other coolent on the market. When you do mix it it turned into a jelly and clogs all the passages inside the engine. This mistake will cost me about $4500.00
Im taking my truck in next week to get my engine flushed out.
Seems Chevy, as well as the other carmakers, changed the coolent in their engines. It can't be mixed with any other coolent on the market. When you do mix it it turned into a jelly and clogs all the passages inside the engine. This mistake will cost me about $4500.00
Im taking my truck in next week to get my engine flushed out.
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