MrCrowley

Shawn,

I feel for you, and I am here just let me know what I can do to help you. I actually only am able to check my email about once a week. Maybe you can get me a hookup on satelite internet.

Call me on my cell anytime you need anything!

Mike
985-960-2483

Rkreigh

Hey Mike!! good to hear from you. very interesting pics.

hope the new shop is coming along.

wish you could make BG this year. It was great seeing you and that "new" ZR-1 driver to be.

keep in touch.

The Lurker

Did you ever determine if it was a head gasket?

onedef92

Shawn, I hope you get her back on the road soon. I remember the year you purchased your car and gave me the cook's tour at my first CI event three years ago. That's one sweet ride!

96LT4

The car is still off the road. I have a feeling I'll be up there this weekend to tear into the Beast. We'll get his baby back on the road hopefully in short order.

ShawnZR-1

I have no doubt

I pulled all of the plugs and spun 'er over and a guyser shot out of cyl #2.

I'm talking with Mike at ESS, unfortunately his shop isn't ready after his move. I'm tempted to go down there and finish it for him!

90 Corvette ZR-1

sgc?

Demps

368? 396? Oh yea!

marteeni

Does Prestone even make the original green coolant anymore? The Prestone I bought last week was green but it said it could be added to any type coolant. If that is just as bad as Dexcool, where can you get the original green coolant?

BTW, I don't believe that Dexcool is not causing gasket failure. My 2001 SSEi w/51000 miles just had a lower intake coolant leak and my father-in-law had 2 vehicles (2000 & 2002) within a month that had the same problem. I chose to have the Dexcool sucked out and the green coolan added.

1990 QUASAR BLUE

That's all I can find here too. I hope it's ok.

Comforting since I have a park ave. ultra.

93Polo

Whats going on with the car? let me know if you need a hand.

I assume if you're considering letting someone do it you've called Jumper to see what Fulcher wants for it.

ShawnZR-1

I'm down to two options:
1. Take it to Mike at ESS.
2. Do it myself.

Option one is more desirable beacuse I know he knows what he's doing! Besides, I've kicked the idea of powder coating around :

93Polo

ok PM me if I can help I have a big truck with a hitch now too

powder coating

Zrxmax

OK... this comes as a shocker... Orange dexcool can mean the demise of a headgasket ? WTF ! Mine has had it for years... I have changed it once... so far, no problems...

My question... What is the best trouble free mix to use in a LT5 ?

Back to green with a major number of flushes to rid the orange ?

or...

Is their some other coolant that will not head destroy gaskets from the inside out ?

This will be money well spent imho...

dallas916

Ummmmm....Fulcher...Fulcher...? Weren't there some long threads a year or two back about an engine builder named Fulcher that...wellll....had caused some customers real grief? It was either here or on the GTO forum I used to frequent when I had my '67 goat. "Bruce" I believe his name was. Same guy? If not my apologies, but I remember the horror stories of peole not getting engines or parts back.

guinnessdood

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...bf1e67eccaf2a8

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...3bf1e67eccaf2a

http://eesvette.hyperboards.com/inde...ion=view_topic

http://eesvette.hyperboards.com/inde...ic&topic_id=20

Aurora40

The Prestone Extended Life "all models" coolant is an OAT coolant for sure. I've heard it is basically the same as Dex-Cool. To my knowledge they don't make a silicated coolant for passenger cars anymore.

You can still buy green silicated coolant from your local GM dealer. It's $18 a gallon, but cheap peace of mind.

DDSLT5

True. But go to a farm equipment store (TSC up here) and buy Prestone green for tractors!

90 Corvette ZR-1

really?

DDSLT5

Thou doubtest moi?