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Topic: Coolant

Posted By: K bockting
Subject: Coolant
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 6:06am

Is Havoline Dex-Cool elc a compatable replacement coolant/antifreeze for the 301 diesels?
Have 3 tractors with coolant filters and 2 without.

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Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 6:14am

Read the spec. requirement, then look at what the anti-freeze will cover. I highly recommend that you get a PH balance test kit and check your anti-freeze twice a year. It may seem like overkill but what's that compared to a 10,000 dollar rebuild? Even with a water filter you need to do this at least once a year.

Posted By: WD45Diesel57
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 7:37am

i run John Deere Cool-Gard in my 7020, suppose to be a good anti corrosion anti freeze designed for higher horsepower engines! I don't take pride in using deere stuff but its priced decent and its good and it comes in big jugs pre mixed

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1-B's, 2-C, 2-CA's,2-WF, 1-WC,1-G, 3-WD's, 2-WD45, 1-RC, 1-D17 Diesel, 1-D14, 2-D15,1-D17 row crop,1-D19 gas and All Crop 40,60,66,72,90 and 100

Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 4:25pm

So you went for the big jugs, nobody can hold that against you...

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'49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2

Posted By: WD45Diesel57
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 5:06pm

Nothing wrong with that lol

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1-B's, 2-C, 2-CA's,2-WF, 1-WC,1-G, 3-WD's, 2-WD45, 1-RC, 1-D17 Diesel, 1-D14, 2-D15,1-D17 row crop,1-D19 gas and All Crop 40,60,66,72,90 and 100

Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 5:19pm

AllisFreak MN wrote:

So you went for the big jugs, nobody can hold that against you...

A guy could really run with this topic

reminds me of a Bellamy Brothers song

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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 5:42pm

DEX-COOL is a reference to antifreeze that has been used by GM for 10 years or more. Recently FORD has converted to this type antifreeze... normally it is ORANGE... If used in motors not designed for it, it will attack plastic and rubber parts... IT IS NOT COMPATABLE with the yellow "extended life" or the old GREEN antifreeze... DO NOT MIX.

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Like them all, but love the "B"s.

Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 5:46pm

Composition

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DEX-COOL varies from other coolants in that it is made up of different materials. Regular antifreeze is composed of water mixed with methanol and ethylene glycol. These products are mixed and placed into your cars engine to allow higher boiling points to prevent your car from overheating. DEX-COOL, as well as other organic acid antifreezes, are not glycol based. Instead, DEX-COOL is created out of a combination of different phosphates and silicates as well as the organic acid technology itself.

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Color

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To differentiate DEX-COOL coolant from regular coolants, the manufacturers often produce the coolant in a different color. Regular coolant is often green while DEX-COOL is orange or red. With respect to regular coolant, the green color is utilized to interact with rust and corrosion, letting you know visually when the coolant inside your vehicle needs to be replaced. Due to the orange color of DEX-COOL, it is harder to visually tell when the coolant must be replaced.

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Engine Materials

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In addition to the specific composition and color of the two coolants, DEX-COOL is designed specifically to interact with aluminum engines. Unless a previous owner has used traditional green coolant in your vehicle, using DEX-COOL for an aluminum engine will help minimize corrosion. While traditional green coolant is designed to change color due to corrosion, it does not change color due to corrosion occurring in aluminum engines. As a result, your aluminum engine will continue to corrode without a change in coolant color.

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Like them all, but love the "B"s.

Posted By: GM Guy
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:32pm

I would not run it. Its decent stuff, but does not blend well, and is rather picky.

Get Cat EC-1 equivalent. Specifically made for diesels, and is long life. Great availability, and its not JD. :)

Available at any auto parts store, sold under Zerex, Rotella, etc. it will be red.

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Gleaner: the properly engineered and built combine.

If you need parts for your Gleaner, we are parting out A's through L2's, so we may be able to help.

Posted By: K bockting
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2017 at 9:15pm

Thanks for the replies. That's what I researched also.