Which coolant for 2003 Cherokee
01-04-2007, 03:55 PM
#11
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Re: Which coolant for 2003 Cherokee
Thanks for the help.
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> refraction.
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
>> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
>> only
>> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
>> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
>>
>> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> AutoZone.
>>
>> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
>> and
>> thorough.
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
>> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
>> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
>> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
>> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
>> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
>> >
>> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
>> > sells.
>> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
>> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
>> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> thread:
>> >
>> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
>> > coolant
>> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
>> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> when
>> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
>> >
>> > Good advice for you, I expect.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
>> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
>> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
>> >> I
>> > look
>> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> --Art
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> refraction.
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
>> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
>> only
>> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
>> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
>>
>> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> AutoZone.
>>
>> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
>> and
>> thorough.
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
>> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
>> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
>> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
>> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
>> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
>> >
>> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
>> > sells.
>> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
>> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
>> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> thread:
>> >
>> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
>> > coolant
>> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
>> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> when
>> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
>> >
>> > Good advice for you, I expect.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
>> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
>> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
>> >> I
>> > look
>> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> --Art
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
01-04-2007, 03:55 PM
#12
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Posts: n/a
Re: Which coolant for 2003 Cherokee
Thanks for the help.
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> refraction.
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
>> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
>> only
>> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
>> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
>>
>> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> AutoZone.
>>
>> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
>> and
>> thorough.
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
>> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
>> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
>> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
>> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
>> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
>> >
>> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
>> > sells.
>> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
>> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
>> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> thread:
>> >
>> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
>> > coolant
>> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
>> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> when
>> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
>> >
>> > Good advice for you, I expect.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
>> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
>> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
>> >> I
>> > look
>> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> --Art
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> refraction.
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
>> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
>> only
>> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
>> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
>>
>> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> AutoZone.
>>
>> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
>> and
>> thorough.
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
>> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
>> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
>> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
>> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
>> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
>> >
>> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
>> > sells.
>> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
>> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
>> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> thread:
>> >
>> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
>> > coolant
>> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
>> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> when
>> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
>> >
>> > Good advice for you, I expect.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
>> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
>> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
>> >> I
>> > look
>> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> --Art
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
01-04-2007, 03:55 PM
#13
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Posts: n/a
Re: Which coolant for 2003 Cherokee
Thanks for the help.
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> refraction.
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
>> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
>> only
>> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
>> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
>>
>> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> AutoZone.
>>
>> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
>> and
>> thorough.
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
>> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
>> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
>> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
>> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
>> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
>> >
>> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
>> > sells.
>> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
>> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
>> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> thread:
>> >
>> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
>> > coolant
>> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
>> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> when
>> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
>> >
>> > Good advice for you, I expect.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
>> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
>> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
>> >> I
>> > look
>> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> --Art
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
"Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> refraction.
>
> Earle
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
>> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
>> only
>> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
>> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
>>
>> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> AutoZone.
>>
>> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
>> and
>> thorough.
>>
>>
>> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
>> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
>> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
>> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
>> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
>> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
>> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
>> >
>> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
>> > sells.
>> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
>> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
>> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> thread:
>> >
>> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
>> > coolant
>> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
>> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> when
>> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
>> >
>> > Good advice for you, I expect.
>> >
>> > Earle
>> >
>> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
>> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
>> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
>> >> I
>> > look
>> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> --Art
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
01-04-2007, 09:17 PM
#14
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Re: Which coolant for 2003 Cherokee
I got back from Autozone about 30 minutes ago and was thrilled to find
they now stock Zerex G-05 at about 12 bucks a gallon. I picked up a
couple just to have on hand...
Art M wrote:
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> > only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> > refraction.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
> >> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
> >> only
> >> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
> >> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
> >>
> >> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> > AutoZone.
> >>
> >> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
> >> and
> >> thorough.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> >> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> >> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
> >> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
> >> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
> >> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
> >> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
> >> >
> >> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
> >> > sells.
> >> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
> >> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
> >> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> > thread:
> >> >
> >> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
> >> > coolant
> >> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
> >> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> > when
> >> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
> >> >
> >> > Good advice for you, I expect.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> >> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
> >> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
> >> >> I
> >> > look
> >> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> --Art
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
they now stock Zerex G-05 at about 12 bucks a gallon. I picked up a
couple just to have on hand...
Art M wrote:
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> > only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> > refraction.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
> >> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
> >> only
> >> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
> >> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
> >>
> >> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> > AutoZone.
> >>
> >> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
> >> and
> >> thorough.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> >> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> >> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
> >> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
> >> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
> >> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
> >> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
> >> >
> >> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
> >> > sells.
> >> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
> >> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
> >> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> > thread:
> >> >
> >> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
> >> > coolant
> >> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
> >> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> > when
> >> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
> >> >
> >> > Good advice for you, I expect.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> >> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
> >> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
> >> >> I
> >> > look
> >> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> --Art
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
01-04-2007, 09:17 PM
#15
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Which coolant for 2003 Cherokee
I got back from Autozone about 30 minutes ago and was thrilled to find
they now stock Zerex G-05 at about 12 bucks a gallon. I picked up a
couple just to have on hand...
Art M wrote:
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> > only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> > refraction.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
> >> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
> >> only
> >> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
> >> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
> >>
> >> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> > AutoZone.
> >>
> >> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
> >> and
> >> thorough.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> >> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> >> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
> >> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
> >> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
> >> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
> >> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
> >> >
> >> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
> >> > sells.
> >> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
> >> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
> >> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> > thread:
> >> >
> >> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
> >> > coolant
> >> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
> >> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> > when
> >> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
> >> >
> >> > Good advice for you, I expect.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> >> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
> >> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
> >> >> I
> >> > look
> >> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> --Art
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
they now stock Zerex G-05 at about 12 bucks a gallon. I picked up a
couple just to have on hand...
Art M wrote:
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> > only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> > refraction.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
> >> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
> >> only
> >> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
> >> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
> >>
> >> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> > AutoZone.
> >>
> >> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
> >> and
> >> thorough.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> >> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> >> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
> >> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
> >> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
> >> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
> >> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
> >> >
> >> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
> >> > sells.
> >> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
> >> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
> >> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> > thread:
> >> >
> >> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
> >> > coolant
> >> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
> >> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> > when
> >> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
> >> >
> >> > Good advice for you, I expect.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> >> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
> >> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
> >> >> I
> >> > look
> >> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> --Art
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
01-04-2007, 09:17 PM
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Re: Which coolant for 2003 Cherokee
I got back from Autozone about 30 minutes ago and was thrilled to find
they now stock Zerex G-05 at about 12 bucks a gallon. I picked up a
couple just to have on hand...
Art M wrote:
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> > only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> > refraction.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
> >> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
> >> only
> >> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
> >> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
> >>
> >> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> > AutoZone.
> >>
> >> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
> >> and
> >> thorough.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> >> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> >> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
> >> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
> >> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
> >> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
> >> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
> >> >
> >> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
> >> > sells.
> >> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
> >> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
> >> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> > thread:
> >> >
> >> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
> >> > coolant
> >> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
> >> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> > when
> >> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
> >> >
> >> > Good advice for you, I expect.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> >> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
> >> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
> >> >> I
> >> > look
> >> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> --Art
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
they now stock Zerex G-05 at about 12 bucks a gallon. I picked up a
couple just to have on hand...
Art M wrote:
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> news:459c5f38$0$15342$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> > I'll take your word for it, but that is a really pale yellow. About the
> > only way I can tell it isn't water pouring it, is from the index of
> > refraction.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "billy ray" <billy_ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:c97a9$459c453f$422afc51$26849@FUSE.NET...
> >> In '03 all DC products were using HOAT coolant. As far as I know the
> >> only
> >> supplier to the aftermarket is Zerex G-05 in the gold jug. Please note
> >> Zerex is a pale yellow rather than orange in color.
> >>
> >> It is available in my area at PepBoys, NAPA, and just recently at
> > AutoZone.
> >>
> >> An inexpensive flush-n-fill kit makes cleaning the cooling system easy
> >> and
> >> thorough.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Earle Horton" <earle@vascongado.usa> wrote in message
> >> news:459c2d01$0$15344$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> >> > Your best source is your owner's manual. I would not use the fits all
> >> > stuff, because as someone else pointed out before it has Dex-Cool
> >> > ingredients in it. I went and looked at some of the house brand
> >> > Super-TECH that WalMart sells, which is also fits all, and that's
> >> > what's in it. I concluded it was OK for my Suburban though.
> >> >
> >> > For a Jeep, HOAT or original green formulation, which Zerex still
> >> > sells.
> >> > This comes up all the time here. For more information
> >> > http://groups.google.com, group rec.autos.makers.jeep+******, "coolant
> >> > suprise". Watch the innovative spelling. From Outatime, in that
> > thread:
> >> >
> >> > "Incidentally, presense of 2-EHA (sodium 2-ethyl hexanoate) in the
> >> > coolant
> >> > you've examined means you're looking at Dex-cool. If you put this in a
> >> > Jeep, I don't want to hear you whining like a spoiled 3-yr. old later
> > when
> >> > you have to replace the entire cooling system."
> >> >
> >> > Good advice for you, I expect.
> >> >
> >> > Earle
> >> >
> >> > "Art M" <Xarthurruhtra@netscape.netX> wrote in message
> >> > news:DPUmh.5$bq1.0@newsfe12.phx...
> >> >> I'm about to flush my brother's 2003 Cherokee (160,000 miles). Should
> >> >> I
> >> > look
> >> >> for HOAT or use the fits all Prestone stuff or something else.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> --Art
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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