co-worker kills z06
10-21-2005, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RONIN FC' post='771212' date='Oct 20 2005, 08:57 PM
Ive changed water pumps on GM 3800s with as low as 48k miles on them.
A guy from another RX7 forum had 450k miles on his original engined S5 N/A, and was going strong. Until he changed his coolant with dex-cool. I guess it ate through the coolant seals, or the deposits around them causing him to need a rebuild.
my response is always the same:
what is the excuse for all the other rotary engines that get bad coolant seals that were running green coolant?
maybe, after 450k miles, it was just its time
10-22-2005, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RONIN FC' post='771693' date='Oct 22 2005, 12:32 PM
Just seems like a coincidence that soon after the dex-coolant change, the motor springs a leak.
I wouldn't blame that on the dexcool, the motor has 450k miles
Test the pH balance on the old coolant then the dexcool, that's where your answer will be.
10-22-2005, 06:57 PM
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They're not saying the car just got bad seals. They're saying the problem occurred immediately after the coolant change.
EDIT: If I had a car with 450K I wouldn't do a damn thing differently...that's asking for trouble.
EDIT: If I had a car with 450K I wouldn't do a damn thing differently...that's asking for trouble.