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Did the green coolant thing for nearly 20 years on an '80 99 - flushed it, changed it, swapped summer winter t-stats. Went through several radiators over the years, plus two water pumps. In the mid 1990's, with a second 9000T [plus the 99] I switched the whole fleet over to Dexcool - longlife w/ dist water. On my 97 Aero, bought w/ 22k mi in 2000, we're at 185,000 w/ zero cooling system deposits when I replaced the water pump a couple of years ago. Original radiator.
Bought an 01 Chev Suburban, new. Flushed all coolant out for the first time last summer at 105,000 - no deposits, no issues, t-stat, anything. OE water pump is still fine.
John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000
'97 CSE 243,000 - given to my son, but I still work on it
'97 Aero 187,xxx
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 115,xxx
'03 BMW 330 Cic 35,xxx
The OEM Saab green stuff [maybe it was BASF? back in the day] was pricey in the 1980's & I just used Prestone. I think, in retrospect, the BASF stuff did have better corrosion protection, but ... Maybe that was my problem; but in the used Saabs I've bought w/ green coolant and more than 40k to 60k mi, the deposits / corrosion around t-stats, water pumps, and radiators [plus the three heater cores I've done on 9000's] all tell me the same thing: convert to Dexcool w/ a flush, then driving for a few days w/ plain distilled water, then refill w/ whatever concentration of Dexcool your climate requires. 50/50 works fine in SE Wisc.
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John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
'95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold
'98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away
'97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it]
still driving:
'97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive
'07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx
'08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 201,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi
'14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
Posts in this Thread:
- coolant, Reb, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:15:40
- Let me guess, top rad hose?, Craig, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:38:59
- Might be time to change other hoses as well >, Bill Davies, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:33:14
- Green is Good!, Noel, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:10:42
- Orange is better!, John Fitzgerald , Tue, 6 Jul 2010 14:26:12 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: the mercedes coolant last year was $30 :-((, DanaH, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:53:11
- Any aluminum-compatible green stuff is fine, David Ingram, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:34:49
- Re: coolant, Simon S, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:10:44
- Re: coolant, derf, Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:51:28
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