STP Global any good?

[ChrisJH]

Trying to correct a mistake (I bought DexCool thinking hey Prestone wouldnt lie....CLEARLY, I was wrong!)

Ive flushed just about all the Dex back out of the system (water is draining clear after running through the engine for 30 minutes), now what to put back in.

My truck engine has engine block drains which are challenging at the least to get to (Nissan Frontier, 3.3L), so Ill be left with some distilled water in the block. Obviously that calls for a full strength product to mix it with. Best I can do around here is STP Global...it seems to be a non-DexClone, happens to be the same color as Peak Global, etc.

Is it any good?

I know my truck came with green, but I dont think it was conventional green (60K mile coolant according to Nissan), so I didnt want to just cheap out and get conventional green. Nissan seems to spec it like Honda, no silicates but some phosphates.

Will the STP stuff be good for me? (I know I can try NAPA to get peak Global in full strength, but my local NAPAs never seem to have products like this, and asking them to order them is like pulling teeth)

Thanks in advance.

-Chris

 

[NHGUY]

They dont want to order it because they have to take a full case from their Distribution Center (DC) and selling 1 gallon will leave them with odd amounts.Like a few gallons will bankrupt them (maybe it will!).

 

[pbm]

I think you would have been fine for a 3 or 4 years with the Prestone.

It's hard to give an opinion on the STP without knowing if it has 2-EHA.

Here's a source of full strength Peak Global.

http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng....onstraint=91083

 

[ChrisJH]

Yeah, it may have very well been fine. But I wasnt feeling very comfortable after reading up on it. On top of that, I couldnt be 100% sure I got all the previous stuff out, so who knows what concoction would have ended up inside the engine.

That Walmart link is interesting....the bottle shows its full strength, but the description says "no need to add water".

Has anyone actually ordered that for ship to store and verified its the real non-premix stuff?

 

[ChrisJH]

Took a 4 minute trip to my local CarQuest, and I was actually able to find the Waldo of coolants (Xerex Asian)

Of course, it only comes in 50/50. So I can use it, Ill just need to deal with engine block drain plug(s).

Debating.

 

[ChrisJH]

FYI - Recochem got back to me about the STP stuff.

It does NOT contain 2-EHA. Its also silicate and phosphate free, so Im not quite sure what a comparable other product would be.

I think just the lack of 2-EHA makes it an OK product. Im putting it in a Nissan so I preferred to have something with phosphates in it, but I might just use the STP stuff anyway.

 

[bullwinkle]

Chris-where did you find the STP Global & what did it cost? My brother's '02 Altima still has the original Nissan LL in it (!), wondering if he's going to have to pay big $ or if the STP Global will work.

 

[ChrisJH]

My local Pep Boys had it, its $11.99 and there is a $2.00 rebate on the label. You can submit up to 2 of the rebates per address.