There is also pink and purple coolants which I use in my German car. It seems they always want to complicate things.
@salvadormonella89534 ай бұрын
oh, no, are you joking me. We are doomed as a species. Different coolants? & for what? Is "cold" colder in Germany than it is in other places? Is "hot" hotter? I've had several German cars, and I wouldn't be caught dead putting purple fluids into my German car, and pink? Don't get me started, but I can authoritatively state that I am not, nor have I ever been, a girl. Can pink or purple coolant be made on the fly, say, with twizzlers and lemonade just in case the real deal isn't available?
@yamaman19744 ай бұрын
Great video Lyle.
@jacksonfive54784 ай бұрын
Was about to do coolant flush on my 94 c4 you answered my question green it is
@TheRoninChronicle4 ай бұрын
I bought a 2007 last summer and it had green coolant as well as a ruptured radiator. I replaced the water pump and the thermostat had some crazy jelly build up, it was so crazy looking! I did the hoses, radiator, water pump, and reservoir so she is running great now! thank you for your videos!
@browningbelgium23264 ай бұрын
I stopped by for another trivia question. Rats!!
@wwm06114 ай бұрын
Helpful information as always - thanks Lyle
@winstonmccollum89924 ай бұрын
I'm retired from 47 years in the car repair business. The Dexcool is a great coolant but has one bad flaw. If you let the recovery bottle get empty due to a leak and don't catch it, within in a matter of months the Dexcool will react to the air in the system and turn into a thick red mud that will stop up your radiator and heater core and that is almost impossible to flush out. With a Dexcool engine it is imperative that you keep a close eye on the recovery bottle and keep it full. Green coolant does not do this.
@captainmorgan54493 ай бұрын
I brought an older Grand Prix from a friend 5 years ago. I swapped out the Dex Kill, I mean Dex cool right away. A lot of mechanics told me horror stories.
@kitdinker4 ай бұрын
I always wondered the difference. Now I know.
@doolallyproductions72344 ай бұрын
I put orange coolent in my 85 firebird when i was teen and luckily the water pump blew up that same week
@robertwolfe86804 ай бұрын
Great advice as always.Thanks
@tyronemorina43064 ай бұрын
Good to hear from you thanks nosale 🙏🏾
@bobbymy3vettes4154 ай бұрын
Another great informative and educational video. Thanks for helpful info! 👍👍
@keithp1154 ай бұрын
Excellent post Lyle, and it was great seeing you again this year. Same time next year sir!!
@Paulie12324 ай бұрын
I like 👍 the green fluid 😊
@tomfaltash96344 ай бұрын
That’s a great piece of advice. Thank you very much
@marklindsey19954 ай бұрын
In the movie Red Dawn, they used yellow.
@richardelliott83524 ай бұрын
For awhile, I have been wondering about coolant , ever since I learned about " lifetime coolant" and wondered if it offered the advantages of a new formulation , or if it was even compatible with my car. I guess I was overthinking it.
@jimoverschmidt81694 ай бұрын
Doin the Lawds work! Thanks Lyle
@rrf67474 ай бұрын
I use green prestone in everything Corvette Nissan frontier both sport bikes 50 50 mix no problems
@maroonsn954 ай бұрын
It's not a huge deal either way in the LS motors. I've used green and orange for many years and many miles with no issues. This is probably one topic that gets overplayed a little.
@scot-rv8px4 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@RomVlad4 ай бұрын
So my question is, if '95 and back is green and modern LS engines are orange, where does my '96 LT4 fall?
@michaeldecker27254 ай бұрын
What is the primary construction material of the motor?
@csvette4 ай бұрын
1996 was the first year for the orange coolant in Corvette.
@RomVlad4 ай бұрын
@@csvette Thank you
@geofschwer16254 ай бұрын
Lyle, in my opinion, the best coolant for any car regardless of year is Evans Waterless Coolant, manufactured by Taylor. At $45 a gallon, it's not for the faint of heart, but here are a few reasons why everyone else should invest in it. One, it raises the boiling point quite a bit, but will not boil over. Two, it's non-conductive, meaning hydrolysis will not occur (no rust anywhere in your system). Three, it can be drained and reused, even in another car. Four, no worry about radiators and heater cores needing to be replaced due to rust or leaks. And Five, it's virtually a lifetime fill. I have used it in all my C2-C4 Corvettes with great success. Because it won't boil over, my engine compartment never looks nasty with rusty red radiator spray. I learned about this stuff on a Jay Leno's Garage TV show, and then followed up with my own research, with very positive results. I am not affiliated with Taylor or Evans in any way. I am simply a satisfied customer who wants to share his experience with the product to other followers of your C&S videos.
@salvadormonella89534 ай бұрын
That doesn't sound like coolant, it sounds a trick of Satan's. Or E.T. Use coolant after removal? Right, and I'm emperor of the earth. Rust isn't a product of hydrolysis. Rust is oxidation due to contact with oxygen or chemicals that have easily donated oxygen atoms. Iron rusts orange, copper rusts greenish, aluminum rusts white, and gold rusts, NO. Gold doesn't rust. Hydrolysis is the transfer of material from different metals via a conductive medium. Virtually all (maybe all. I'm a driver, not a chemist.) metals have this capacity to donate parts of themselves to other metals through a conductive medium. This donation of material generally appears as crystals, typically grayish or white, on one of the metals. Thanks for the tip on the goo. Is this the same "Taylor" of spark plug wire fame? They've always been good to me.
@csvette4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the heads-up on this product, Geof. I'll check it out! Lyle
@RetroCarsForever4 ай бұрын
Does the orange Dexcool last longer in YEARS as well as miles?
@csvette4 ай бұрын
It does. You can get 5+ years out of it with no problem while driving it every day. Lyle
@RetroCarsForever4 ай бұрын
@@csvette Thanks Lyle! Keep up the great work.
@salvadormonella89534 ай бұрын
Thanks for the backstory and clarification. I knew to use Orange in my C6 because that's what the user manual told me I needed to do. Plus, the stuff in the cooling system was orange when I bought the car and I'm not one for breaking tradition. Also, thank you for the English lesson. You used a word that sounded strange to me "componentry." I'm not crazy in my assessment the word is so strange that my spell-checker flagged the word as incorrectly spelled, so it is not a widely used, or known, word. I had always thought "components" were one what referred to when discussing multiple parts of something, but seemingly, my understanding is a misunderstanding. Dictionaries are not entirely clear, but as near as I can tell, the word componentry is used when there are multiple different component that are used in a larger machine. "Components" is used when there are more than one of the same component. So, componentry is correct as you used it, describing an engine's parts, and components is used when you've got a bag full of a many of a single type of component. This should, of course, have been intuitively obvious to even the most casual speaker of English. I can only fault my own stupidity and the horrendous teaching skills of my school teachers for my linguistic near mistake. On a related note, I always refer to a car's engine as an "engine," and not a "motor." Motors are electric. Engines use combustible chemicals and then ignites them. Duh. Also completely obvious to even the youngest of elementary school dropouts. Man, the Motorhead band must sure be embarrassed. I don't think those guys are even allowed to drive a car, likely contributing to their misunderstanding of words and subsequent destruction of intelligence and lowering of IQ point scores across all English-speaking countries worldwide. Cheers, and keep the rubber side down.
@janjohansson38554 ай бұрын
Hi Lyle, what about coolant for modern cars? can i use the same coolant as my VW in my Corvette? is it coolant for aluminum engines, or is there any difference between Dex-Cool and other coolants for aluminum engines? Dex-Cool is hard to find in Sweden, and twice as expensive.
@avl7074 ай бұрын
I have a 2002 Corvette that i just bought with only 11000 miles. Should i have the coolant changed or just let it be?
@JohnPelster-lc2tt4 ай бұрын
Do you ever recommend cleaning the cooling system with a chemical cleaner instead of just draining and flushing with water? If so, what cleaner do you recommend?
@csvette4 ай бұрын
John, water is always the safest solution (and the cheapest). If I found the system to be full of sludge, I would be more inclined to replace major components than to try any chemical solution...I would worry about unintended consequences on the engine internals from anything more caustic than pure water. Lyle :)
@valf.45894 ай бұрын
How about all engine coolants? Are these safe to use? Can they be mixed with either green or orange coolants?
@harleygrit53584 ай бұрын
Great video Lyle! Thanks for sharing! God bless!
@AlbertPendergraff-rp7jp4 ай бұрын
What did GM use in 1977 for coolant I use the green but did GM use something different
@joshuajones85054 ай бұрын
What brand of Dex cool is good?
@kevinbarry714 ай бұрын
Dex cool was a disaster for general motors. They couldn't make it correctly. Honda stopped selling engines to general motors because GM insisted on using that garbage. Your first state that the job of coolant is to regulate temperatures. Then you contradict yourself and explain its other job, which is to prevent corrosion.
@captainmorgan54493 ай бұрын
Dex Kill
@ChuckNorrisHernandezFraturnHDL4 ай бұрын
My 1984 Corvette has orange (presumably DEX-cool) in it. Is this OK?
@captainmorgan54493 ай бұрын
Dex-Kill. I flushed it out of my GM 3.8 liter Grand Prix years ago. I have heard horror stories about it. There should be some videos on YT about it. Do not mix green with the orange.😢
@colehara4 ай бұрын
👍 🇨🇦
@1kulryd4 ай бұрын
Can older corvettes use the orange without an issue if you flush out your system first. Do they "cool" the same
@JohnSims34 ай бұрын
No! The green coolant has silicates that also act as anti-corrosives and lubricants in addition to the cooling aspects such as the Ford VC-5 coolant...
@1kulryd4 ай бұрын
Good to know that the orange is not backwards compatible. Thank you
@csvette4 ай бұрын
@@JohnSims3 Excellent answer! Thank you! Lyle :)
@fred-ov3hh4 ай бұрын
green is getting hard to find
@thenaturecreater89064 ай бұрын
I have 92 zr-1 corvette. And it got a all aluminium lt5 engine. What is the best coolant?
@tomtom724 ай бұрын
You want to use a silicate formulated coolant. Do not rely on color alone. Your car came with a silicate formula coolant as the factory fill.
@herkloader344 ай бұрын
GM specification 1825M coolant. The current pn is 12378560. It's a green color coolant. Do NOT use Dex-Cool because it will eat up seals on the LT-5.