I'm going to show a friend how to change oil on her 09 CR-V along side doing a "major" service(more or less a wallet flush at the dealer) - fresh fluids, new plugs/filters, valve adjustment and a visual inspection of the chassis/axles/brakes.
The car has seen serviced at a Honda dealer in Wisconsin before it made its way to California. A local neighborhood mechanic has serviced the car. The car was topped off with Dex-Clone. I'm debating doing a spill and fill with OEM Honda or Zerex Asian Blue/GC Blue premix or considering the fact there is some 2-EHA and sodium neodecanoate in the system, going with Prestone Cor-Guard which is like Japanese pHOAT but with 2-EHA and decanoate instead of benzoate or sebacate like Zerex or the factory fill.
In either case, I think both choices are valid but has anyone seen gasket or heat exchanger failure in Japanese cars using "universal" coolants? I know PGL was the favorite here due to a non 2-EHA formula and I've used that in an old Nissan Frontier.
The car has seen serviced at a Honda dealer in Wisconsin before it made its way to California. A local neighborhood mechanic has serviced the car. The car was topped off with Dex-Clone. I'm debating doing a spill and fill with OEM Honda or Zerex Asian Blue/GC Blue premix or considering the fact there is some 2-EHA and sodium neodecanoate in the system, going with Prestone Cor-Guard which is like Japanese pHOAT but with 2-EHA and decanoate instead of benzoate or sebacate like Zerex or the factory fill.
In either case, I think both choices are valid but has anyone seen gasket or heat exchanger failure in Japanese cars using "universal" coolants? I know PGL was the favorite here due to a non 2-EHA formula and I've used that in an old Nissan Frontier.