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coolant?

3K views 10 replies 6 participants last post by  84fiero123 
The orange stuff?? I guess that means you still have the stock Dex-Cool in there. Some people say you shouldn't mix Dex-cool with other kinds of antifreeze, others say it shouldn't matter. Just to be safe, I'd stay with Dex-Cool, unless you want to completely flush and refill the system.

As for locating the leak, 84fiero's clean cardboard trick is a good way to start checking for leaks. Pressuring the system up (cold) with a pressure tester (Autozone has these in their loan-a-tool program) may accelerate the process of finding the leak. I think I would also check the oil and make sure there's no coolant in the oil, just in case the leak is internal instead of external.
 
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