Classic coolant?

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  1. areelius

    areelius Light Load Member

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    Can someone tell me how many gallons of coolant my truck holds. It is a 2000 Classic with a Series 60 Detroit. Also what brands of coolant are best?
     
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  3. wonderdog24

    wonderdog24 Medium Load Member

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    11 gals.... Make sure you use additive for the dca's.... Buy some test strips.... Very important
     
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    Hardlyevr Road Train Member

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    What color is what is in there now? You do not want to put in additives if it is red!
     
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  5. areelius

    areelius Light Load Member

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    Its green, I know you cant mix red and green. How long is green coolant usually good for?
     
  6. JohnP3

    JohnP3 Road Train Member

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    Use Power cool, just like it came with. That is the very best. you can use cheap coolant and then you will have problems. I worked on engines all my life and that is by far the very best. You buy a test strip and if the aditive level is low you just add a bit, to bring it up to 1200 PPM.
    I have seen the damages done using DCA4 and even Cat does not recomend it anymore. I found that out when a customer brought in Nal-cool and had us flush his brand new trucks cooling system and add this. 300,000 K later we were changing the head gasket and cutting the block, I had anouther Cat apart right beside it, the liners were like swiss cheese, the Water pump cover was corroded away. The one with the Nal-cool, the liners were like new, the water pump cover still had the machining marks. I added that stuff to all my own equipment.
    Just a thought!
     
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