Originally Posted By: ZGRider
You know smokers say some of the same things -- "I don't have cancer, why should I quit?" "Why do people demonize cigarettes?" "Cigarettes haven't hurt my health, what's the problem?"
I guess personal experience trumps collective experience, don't you people ever see the pictures of Dexcool damage? Or do you just say -- "It won't happen to me -- I've always had good luck with Dexcool."
You can show smokers pictures of lung cancer and it still doesn't convince them. You can show Dexusers clogged radiators and they say -- "Never happened to me."
I get your point, but that is a very poor comparison.
Most anti-Dexcool people make it sound like there has NEVER been a cooling system problem with any other coolant. I've seen many neglected systems in the last 50+ years. Some of them LONG before Dexcool.
Personally I'm not convinced that Dexcool is the problem - or at least the main problem. I belong to a number of forums and I have also seen personally in real life people who have had problems AFTER changing from Dexcool to something else.
A few years back, somebody close to me bought a new GM vehicle. After reading all this stuff on the internet - within 30 days drained the Dexcool and replaced it with something else, I believe it was G-05. Guess what - he still had the L.I.M. problem within about a year and a half. GM gave him **** for using a "non approved" coolant, but in the end replaced it under warranty.
No I didn't take photos - at the time I didn't see a reason to.
But like George, I've had good luck with Dexcool. So if it isn't broke I see no reason to fix it.
My whole point is - of all those "collective experience"(s) do you have the whole story behind them? I've seen a lot of people seriously neglect their vehicles. They develop a leak (for whatever reason) and instead of fixing the leak run it for many months if not years by just adding water (assuming they ever bother to check it). Then they say "Oh that _______ Dexcool stuff!"
Yet many anti- Dexcool people ignore the "collective experience" of many of us that have had NO problems and a lot of miles with Dexcool! Hmmmm! So what's the difference?
You know smokers say some of the same things -- "I don't have cancer, why should I quit?" "Why do people demonize cigarettes?" "Cigarettes haven't hurt my health, what's the problem?"
I guess personal experience trumps collective experience, don't you people ever see the pictures of Dexcool damage? Or do you just say -- "It won't happen to me -- I've always had good luck with Dexcool."
You can show smokers pictures of lung cancer and it still doesn't convince them. You can show Dexusers clogged radiators and they say -- "Never happened to me."
I get your point, but that is a very poor comparison.
Most anti-Dexcool people make it sound like there has NEVER been a cooling system problem with any other coolant. I've seen many neglected systems in the last 50+ years. Some of them LONG before Dexcool.
Personally I'm not convinced that Dexcool is the problem - or at least the main problem. I belong to a number of forums and I have also seen personally in real life people who have had problems AFTER changing from Dexcool to something else.
A few years back, somebody close to me bought a new GM vehicle. After reading all this stuff on the internet - within 30 days drained the Dexcool and replaced it with something else, I believe it was G-05. Guess what - he still had the L.I.M. problem within about a year and a half. GM gave him **** for using a "non approved" coolant, but in the end replaced it under warranty.
No I didn't take photos - at the time I didn't see a reason to.
But like George, I've had good luck with Dexcool. So if it isn't broke I see no reason to fix it.
My whole point is - of all those "collective experience"(s) do you have the whole story behind them? I've seen a lot of people seriously neglect their vehicles. They develop a leak (for whatever reason) and instead of fixing the leak run it for many months if not years by just adding water (assuming they ever bother to check it). Then they say "Oh that _______ Dexcool stuff!"
Yet many anti- Dexcool people ignore the "collective experience" of many of us that have had NO problems and a lot of miles with Dexcool! Hmmmm! So what's the difference?
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