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Vans & Minivans Chevy Venture GM & Dexcool Settle lawsuit
15 messages, Last post on Oct 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM
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Now that they have tenativly settled this Lawsuit. What can we do know to Collect the Peanuts the lawyers have left Us? I Read from 20 to 800$. I am right now looking at about 4000k to fix a stupid gasket leak that was destroyed by Dexcool that inturn destroyed a 3.4 engine That was from it's inseption a PIECE OF ! #$..........Thanks Thanks alot you enginering Morons!!!!
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2005 Buick Century. Heater core pluged up,very little heat. Had to pry tabs on radiator cap to remove. Found hole half closed with a gray goop, like a stopleak subtance.No radiator drain plug. removed lower hose to drain coolant. Filled with retrived airconditioner water and raditor cleaner ( detergent). run engine for 20 min.Drained cleaner. 4 refills an drains later water was clear. After flush heater produced hot air. Installed green prestone 5 yr. antifreez,1 pint soluable oil which is aluminum compatable. This was done at end of warenty,36000 miles. Now at 42000 miles, no goop an water pump is silent and plenty of heat from heater.Before changing antifreeze there were no leaks,only a squeeking water pump at cold start,and partially pluged heater core. Have had no problems since. Have i done anything wrong? Comments please, Thanks Jack Hout
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Replying to: jhout (Jul 19, 2008 7:39 am) John 
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| Got rid of the culprit vehicle (2000 Olds Silhouette) a year ago when the replaced gasket started leaking. | |
Got my $400 check yesterday. Too bad I had to replace the gasket again 3 days after the cutoff for claims. 
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Replying to: 442dude (Jul 19, 2008 4:23 pm)
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442dude,Unable to locate a coolant drain plug on 2005 Buick Century 3.1 engine.If there is one,where is it? Constant flushing untill clear is fine, only to be able to install a little over 3 Qts of undiluted coolant and system is full. Never seen engine without coolant drain plug. So i remove lower radiator hose,drain. Add undiluted coolant,take a drive and check consentration and repeat procedure. This does take some time. Ought to be a less time consuming procedure. At least GM was thinking some, 2 air blead valves solve air pockets. Jack
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Replying to: hout (Jun 08, 2009 5:23 am) |
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Replying to: hout (Jun 09, 2009 6:42 am) Sorry I didn't see your post sooner - we traded in our Venture so I don't look around here as much as I used to... Anyway...according to the FSM: They don't show a picture of the drain but they mention that there is one on the radiator...I recently drained and refilled my Vue and the drain plug looked more like a screw than the drains like we're used to seeing - on the passenger side of the radiator, and on the SIDE of it, very different than what I'm used to seeing - you actually use a screwdriver to open it and the coolant either comes out full blast and splashes all over the place or just a trickle (Dexcool tastes pretty good by the way although I wouldn't recommend drinking it  - and it takes a lot of turns to get it open...it also takes a lot of finesse to get it closed. I'll stop by more often - let me know how you do...
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Replying to: 442dude (Jun 14, 2009 5:48 pm)
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