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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
Changed out the Dex-cool in our '99 Tahoe with the 5.7 when had to do the intake gasket replacement. That was nearly 90,000 miles back and never a problem. Only thing I did was put a large printed label on the radiator stating "Converted to Ethylene-glycol" Had been very pleased with the results and never had it turn to jelly.
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It's only the real early Dex Cool formulations that turned to jello but the reputation lives on...
I'd guess that 95% or more of it was people topping off the new OAT Dex Cool systems with "green" IAT Silicate coolants that were in common use at the time.
Converting from OAT to IAT coolant is similar to moving from synthetic oil back to dinosaur squeezins or bolting a carb onto your TBI engine.
It'll work but there's a reason GM started using DexCool, Synthetic oil, and electronic fuel injection... it wasn't to have something exotic in the cooling systems and crankcases and even the early TBI systems really do perform better on less fuel.
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