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This subject was covered in 1984. You don't need antifreeze in an emergency kit. The movie Red Dawn....
Hi Folks,

There was a race in the desert in Nevada called the Nevada 200 in december. It took the off road racers up into the mountains and one team experienced carburetor icing. Ground to a halt, the co driver figured out the carburetor iced over and got out and after removal of the fresh air system..peed into the carburetor and the driver was able to get the vehicle started. They reentered the course in a mist of yellow steam... True story. They also when on to win their class in the pre trophy class of 8000.

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This subject was covered in 1984. You don't need antifreeze in an emergency kit. The movie Red Dawn....

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Well, it IS a Chevy, is it not???
 
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My 12/19 built 2020 has yellow coolant. Manual states orange. :/
Sorry guys, but my coolant looks pinkish to me not orange and when I look at an orange it is orange not pink, as one gentlemen said the yellow looks greenish , maybe our nice lady's on here can clear up the color type if it is really pink or orange or...
I have been told all my life that Women are better with colors than us Men are?.
Manuel date is December 2018 and the capacity page does say orange not pink , yellows or any other color. Build date 03/2019
Coolant change is 100000 in my Manuel as well.
I just received an update page for my manual for the automatic engine idle shutdown feature that went by my vin. and even though mine has no keyless stop star button they still updated my manual.
Hey guys good luck and enjoy your lives.

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Well I can add this to list of things todo.
Did he say Orange = DexCool!?:shock: That shit was evil!
 

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Is this not the radiator/antifreeze drain plug? Thanks might replace orange with yellow.

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Is this not the radiator/antifreeze drain plug? Thanks might replace orange with yellow.

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That is the drain. Unfortunately the only drain...
 

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Is this not the radiator/antifreeze drain plug? Thanks might replace orange with yellow.

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FYI...in case you don't know. Modern vehicles with a pressurized coolant reservoir ...which is all new cars I believe, require a vacuum coolant system device to fully refill the system. I don't remember how much I paid for mine. Web shows $50. ...thinking I paid less. These work great, but require an air compressor for the venturi vac pump.
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Thanks for the heads up. Was hoping I could just drain and refill it. Clearly not that easy. Recommend a video for such?
 

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I myself have a Harbor Freight one and it works well. Might not be as much and if you have a local Harbor Freight then you are good to go!!
 

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I myself have a Harbor Freight one and it works well. Might not be as much and if you have a local Harbor Freight then you are good to go!!
Oh man, def have Harbor Frieght near me. For tools you'll use very infrequently it's my go to. Thanks for the heads up.
 

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Yes, you need this device. There is no direct way to get coolant back into the system. Just filling the reservoir won't work.

And for the Harbor Freight recommendation : Hell yes! ....don't remember why I didn't buy the vac tool there. But I'm a pretty serious DIYer, and I purchase most of my tools from HF. ...few have failed me, and their prices are low enough that you could buy a second for a spare for less than a single top shelf tool.
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