What year did GM switch to Dex-Cool?

I think my car uses green fluid. I even went to Pep-Boys and asked them what my car took (they said green fluid)

I just drained the radiator, and it is all orange!! It smells burnt though. I don't know if it is Dex-Cool, or the green stuff now (I already bought the green stuff)

Damn this Dex-Cool, why couldn't they just be normal and use the green stuff? :mad:

I think it was '96. My '95 Z has the green stuff. They mixed it.

Originally posted by Josh'95Z28conv
I think it was '96. My '95 Z has the green stuff. They mixed it.

sure about 96?
i always thought it was 97
hmm...

:) 1994:)

Seems like it was 1996. The owner's manuals appear to back that up. My 1995 came with green. Anyway, if it came from the factory with Dex-cool, it would have a sticker near the reservoir saying so.

It was 96 for the Camaro, dunno about other models.

My 95 has the green, my 96 had the orange.

Originally posted by n2ceptor
:) 1994:)

I stand corrected.....:eek:

General Motors® has been using this coolant technology in their cars and light trucks since the start-of-production of the 1996 model year vehicles (except Saturn®, which began in 1997). GMC® medium trucks equipped with Caterpillar engines, have been getting a nitrite-added form of DEXCOOL (NOAT) to insure protection against wet sleeve liner cavitation-erosion.