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Old Feb 2, 2015 | 06:11 PM
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Antifreeze

Hello to all! What would be a good (brand) antifreeze to use in my 2012 6.
7 Diesel ? My owners hand book states 50/50 orange. Can I buy this at autozone, Walley world etc? Thanks in advance, Jim
 
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Old Feb 2, 2015 | 07:00 PM
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You can buy the ford stuff at a dealer for about $24 a gallon, then mix it 50/50 with distilled water or you can just buy dexcool at wally world for about $13 and mix it with the distilled water.

Brand makes no difference, all dexcool is the same.
 
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Or buy the pre-mix Dexcool
 
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Originally Posted by Just Strokin
Or buy the pre-mix Dexcool
Costs LOTS more that way.

Gallon of straight dexcool- $13 + gallon of distilled water- $1 = $14 for two total gallons.

Gallon of premix dexcool is almost $15, so, twice as expensive per gallon.
 
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