Water Wetter & Dex Cool
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Dex Cool does everything Water Wetter does, and more.
Water Wetter, goes into straight water.
Water Wetter does work with anti-freeze (says so on the bottle), but it's just snake oil IMHO. Switch to the green coolant, and an 180F thermostat.
Yes as others have said get that Dexcool out before it plugs everything up I would do a flush and put in green make sure the green is 150000 mile long life
Yes, the Dexcool [OAT] Yellow is crap and causes problems. Green coolant is better. But why not use the Red [HOAT] coolant? It's formulated to be friendlier to aluminum parts, and has a seven year change cycle. Just throwing a little shit in the game...
I have a vehicle that specifies ethylene glycol, 2 that specify OAT, and 1 that specifies HOAT.
Well, the owners' manuals make those specifications.
But you know what?
Based on the statements of people I don't know, I think I'll ignore what the manufacturer of the vehicle says, and do what Joe Random Internet Poster says.
Well, the owners' manuals make those specifications.
But you know what?
Based on the statements of people I don't know, I think I'll ignore what the manufacturer of the vehicle says, and do what Joe Random Internet Poster says.
I assume you are running 5w30 Castrol then too
At some point you will see an engine running Dexcool apart i guarantee you you will change it that day
I don't think 5w30 Castrol is specified in any of my manuals, but I'd have to look to sure.
I'm assuming the company that employs the people who designed the vehicle have more information available to them about that vehicle, and what may make that vehicle function correctly.
Probably the bigger issue with this thread is how the posters refer to coolant's color, as if that had anything to do with anything.
Really?
Green is better than orange?
My coolant has polka-dots. It's better than EVERYONE'S.
And LR made the correct choice when they put non-greasable U joints in the D2 didn?t they? I think LR has proven they had many mistakes in the 90’s and 00’s. The factory doesn’t always know best
Yes, we talk about the color to differentiate between coolants, but then it is only a dye added to differentiate between coolants. Oh, and I've worked at a plant (owned by my brother-in-law's family) that supplies anti freeze to the major auto manufactures and markets (and airlines, their wing de-icer is pink by the way). So, I've also worked in the quality control lab to check mixtures. And OAT (yellow) was formulated to meet environmental mandates to be less hazardous.
jim-00-4.6;1075541 I'm assuming the company that employs the people who designed the vehicle have more information available to them about that vehicle said:
LR used "green" coolant in the RRC/D90/D1. It was the Bosch 99-02 P38/99-04 D2 that started with the OAT/HOAT crap. It is not better than the green stuff, it supposedly lasted longer, but no one mentioned how it clots when exposed to air (look at any P38/D2 throttle body heater plate that leaks running OAT/HOAT/Dexcool.
It's your LR and you can follow the 18 year old manual to a tee. I'd also strictly only run the OEM 195F thermostat, and keep the OEM drive shaft.....
It's your LR and you can follow the 18 year old manual to a tee. I'd also strictly only run the OEM 195F thermostat, and keep the OEM drive shaft.....
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the 99-02 P38 was OAT, not HOAT.
Please, scold me because you have more accurate information.
