Before I switched to the regular stuff (green), my car would run really hot.

Since I have switched, it has fixed that problem. You are better off switching

now while your at it. Dex cool is garbage and forms clumps.

 

If you do switch, just make sure you get EVERY DROP of the dex-cool flushed out!!! It's a good idea to flush the system ATLEAST 3 or 4 times using water and run it for like 10 minutes between flushes to really clean it out. This is VERY important! Who knows if it's overkill or not, but I wouldn't take that chance. All I know is that it only takes a drop to cause a chemical reaction between the two.

 

I'm not sure how dex-cool works with camaro engines, I've bad experiences with it in other gm vehicles. The red dex-cool is pretty much standard in 1996 and newer gm cars (not sure about the camaro cause mine is a 1995 and its green). The head gaskets with the red/pink/orange dex-cool coolant seem to be going on these cars and almost all mechanics I've talked to said that stuff is bad news. Many people I know are having their GM vehicles flushed completely and putting the green back in. Those that have flushed their system and put green in before any problems have been okay thus far. Just a heads up.

 

Ditto. Make sure that stuff is really really flushed out well. Dexcool is organic and the green stuff (ethelene glycol) is a silicate. Just like the green stuff will kill your neighbors cat, it will also kill the organic cells in dexcool. The dead cells are actually what turns to the goey nasty gel that sticks to everything.

Anyways, i would fill the entire system with water first anyways to make sure you dont have any leaks. Drain out some water once its good, put in a gallon of whatever coolant you choose (after flushing several times if necessary) and fill the rest the way with water. That will be a fine mix for where you live.