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Posted by Jim Elbrecht on October 3, 2009, 3:08 pm
On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:26:02 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:
>>The car is three years old so I may do the antifreeze, but then again, I may
>>not. I've often gone five+ years with the newer stuff, unlike the 50's and
>>60's.
>This is something I struggle with too...whether or not
>it is even necessary to change antifreeze every year!
My GM manual says 5 yrs or 150k miles.
My son's Audi says *don't* change it.
Jim
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Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 3, 2009, 4:05 pm
> On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:26:02 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:
>>>The car is three years old so I may do the antifreeze, but then again, I
>>>may
>>>not. I've often gone five+ years with the newer stuff, unlike the 50's
>>>and
>>>60's.
>>This is something I struggle with too...whether or not
>>it is even necessary to change antifreeze every year!
> My GM manual says 5 yrs or 150k miles.
> My son's Audi says *don't* change it.
> Jim
My Hyundai manual says 60k miles, but I've done that in less than 3 years.
For most people it is 5 or so. My LeSabre has the original at 9 years and
125k. The car is deteriorating in other areas, but not the cooling system.
It is also the last Buick I'll ever own.
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Posted by Tony Hwang on October 3, 2009, 5:07 pm
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:26:02 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:
>>>> The car is three years old so I may do the antifreeze, but then again, I
>>>> may
>>>> not. I've often gone five+ years with the newer stuff, unlike the 50's
>>>> and
>>>> 60's.
>>> This is something I struggle with too...whether or not
>>> it is even necessary to change antifreeze every year!
>> My GM manual says 5 yrs or 150k miles.
>> My son's Audi says *don't* change it.
>> Jim
>
> My Hyundai manual says 60k miles, but I've done that in less than 3 years.
> For most people it is 5 or so. My LeSabre has the original at 9 years and
> 125k. The car is deteriorating in other areas, but not the cooling system.
> It is also the last Buick I'll ever own.
>
>
Hi,
Our Honda and Subaru, every 3 years. For Honda I use Honda anti-freeze.
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Posted by Nate Nagel on October 3, 2009, 5:12 pm
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:26:02 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:
>>>> The car is three years old so I may do the antifreeze, but then again, I
>>>> may
>>>> not. I've often gone five+ years with the newer stuff, unlike the 50's
>>>> and
>>>> 60's.
>>> This is something I struggle with too...whether or not
>>> it is even necessary to change antifreeze every year!
>> My GM manual says 5 yrs or 150k miles.
>> My son's Audi says *don't* change it.
>> Jim
>
> My Hyundai manual says 60k miles, but I've done that in less than 3 years.
> For most people it is 5 or so. My LeSabre has the original at 9 years and
> 125k. The car is deteriorating in other areas, but not the cooling system.
> It is also the last Buick I'll ever own.
>
>
Heh. The water pump on my previous company car - an '05 Impala - failed
before I ever even thought it might be time to have the antifreeze
changed. I guess that was the antifreeze maintenance reminder. Kinda
sucked; it started spewing coolant while dropping the girl off at the
airport, had to stop and buy some bottled water just to make it home.
Hopefully the water pumps on the new 3.5 engines are more reliable than
the ones on the old POS 3.4... I actually kinda like the new one, was
thinking of buying it out when the lease is up if it's still in good shape.
nate
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Posted by Clot on October 3, 2009, 8:34 pm
Nate Nagel wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:26:02 -0500, me@privacy.net wrote:
>>>>> The car is three years old so I may do the antifreeze, but then
>>>>> again, I may
>>>>> not. I've often gone five+ years with the newer stuff, unlike
>>>>> the 50's and
>>>>> 60's.
>>>> This is something I struggle with too...whether or not
>>>> it is even necessary to change antifreeze every year!
>>> My GM manual says 5 yrs or 150k miles.
>>> My son's Audi says *don't* change it.
>>> Jim
>> My Hyundai manual says 60k miles, but I've done that in less than 3
>> years. For most people it is 5 or so. My LeSabre has the original
>> at 9 years and 125k. The car is deteriorating in other areas, but
>> not the cooling system. It is also the last Buick I'll ever own.
> Heh. The water pump on my previous company car - an '05 Impala -
> failed before I ever even thought it might be time to have the
> antifreeze changed. I guess that was the antifreeze maintenance
> reminder. Kinda sucked; it started spewing coolant while dropping
> the girl off at the airport, had to stop and buy some bottled water
> just to make it home.
> Hopefully the water pumps on the new 3.5 engines are more reliable
> than the ones on the old POS 3.4... I actually kinda like the new
> one, was thinking of buying it out when the lease is up if it's still
> in good shape.
3.5, 3.4L. Crumbs never had anything larger than 2L. and see no reason to
have one that could guzzle fuel at such a rate.
Ahh, but hang on, my father has an MG with a 3.5L from Detroit and my
sister used to use a Sunbeam with a 5.7l from Detroit.
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>>not. I've often gone five+ years with the newer stuff, unlike the 50's and
>>60's.