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Old 04-23-2008, 11:55 AM
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Where to but green antifreeze with sca allready in it?

I need to change it soon. Where can i buy it(allready mixed) and how many gallons do i need?
 
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As far as I know, the only stuff pre-charged with SCA's is gonna be the gold stuff. Any of the green you will need to add some DCA4 or the like.

Let me see if I can dig up a post I made a while ago on changing coolant and see what I can find

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Napa sells a green anti-freeze premix with SCA added for trucks, I just don't recall the name but it has a photo of a big rig on it.

Also, use a cleaner that will flush the old SCA from f the walls of the engine as SCA has a tendency to build up and this reduces the cooling effect of the coolant.

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Old 04-23-2008, 01:42 PM
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http://www.penray.com/images/PenrayTechFacts_1.pdf

Read this as it holds a wealth of info re the cooling system.

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You can pretty much get it at any big rig dealership or parts place, CAT makes some too, and I'm sure Cummins has their own brand...but why...???
 
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Napa sells a green anti-freeze premix with SCA added for trucks, I just don't recall the name but it has a photo of a big rig on it.

Murrrr!!!!! When I was doing my coolant search every NAPA I called said they only had Prestone ELC or something like that... no SCA stuff. I wish the people there were more educated! Thanks Rog I'll keep an eye out for this next time...

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Old 04-23-2008, 02:39 PM
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Murrrr!!!!! When I was doing my coolant search every NAPA I called said they only had Prestone ELC or something like that... no SCA stuff. I wish the people there were more educated! Thanks Rog I'll keep an eye out for this next time...

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Robb, I just found out the other day when someone reported that Napa was having a huge sale on our fuel filters and he bought a case of them.

When I inquired at my local Napa store I found out that some stores are Napa owned and operated while the others are franchise stores.

The Napa store by me (Franchise) has a separate "Big Rig" department area separate from the normal flow of folks that are just buying parts for there autos.

This could be some of the reason (s) that some of us can find different deals at different stores.

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