Oil & Fuel Change coolant every 2 years

[sixdogs]

Around here, most of the auto parts places will accept anti freeze for no fee. They recycle it. Same with motor oil although lots of guys with waste oil furnaces will pay 50 cents a gallon for it. In addition, most counties have some sort of an annual recycling drive where you can bring oil, anti freeze, household chemical and batteries, etc for free. Tires. as well but there's a small fee. I would imagine most places around the country have something similar if you look for it.

 

[goeduck]

Around here, most of the auto parts places will accept anti freeze for no fee. They recycle it. Same with motor oil although lots of guys with waste oil furnaces will pay 50 cents a gallon for it. In addition, most counties have some sort of an annual recycling drive where you can bring oil, anti freeze, household chemical and batteries, etc for free. Tires. as well but there's a small fee. I would imagine most places around the country have something similar if you look for it.

Same here, fairly easy to get rid of at recycling centers.

 

[WinterDeere]

Around here, most of the auto parts places will accept anti freeze for no fee. They recycle it. Same with motor oil although lots of guys with waste oil furnaces will pay 50 cents a gallon for it. In addition, most counties have some sort of an annual recycling drive where you can bring oil, anti freeze, household chemical and batteries, etc for free. Tires. as well but there's a small fee. I would imagine most places around the country have something similar if you look for it.

I’ve not had the same experience, the local auto parts places seem to turn you away if you bring in a bottle of anything old from Deere, which they can easily ID as not one of their brands. They try to tell you that they will only take back fluids from their customers, not stuff bought elsewhere.

... and I don’t think the local Deere dealer will take it, although I have to admit I’ve never asked.

 

[Clint S]

Here in NY any place that sells more than 1k gallons of oil a year has to accept used fluids . They legally cannot turn you away.

 

[WinterDeere]

Here in NY any place that sells more than 1k gallons of oil a year has to accept used fluids . They legally cannot turn you away.

We have a similar law for oil, here. But if that also applies to used coolant, they’ve done a real bad job of making that known. Also, even those places that should take oil will sometimes try to turn you away. I’ve had it happen more than once.

 

[sixdogs]

Most of the farm stores and tractor parts places accept oil and often A/F as well. TSC used to take oil but it's been a few years since I used them. Advance Auto used to as did CARQUEST and other names like that but can't recall.

 

[RustyA]

Most head gasket failures in on road diesels can be traced back to lack of coolant maintenance. Cavitation is real especially with green coolant that is not changed or recharged with additive every two years. Pistons movement creates an electric field and coolant becomes a battery to store voltage. Causes heater core and radiator failure. Newer diesel trucks have timers to remind you to test coolant for pH and whether additive is needed. Change your antifreeze or change your engine. Easy math.

 

[fried1765]

Most head gasket failures in on road diesels can be traced back to lack of coolant maintenance. Cavitation is real especially with green coolant that is not changed or recharged with additive every two years. Pistons movement creates an electric field and coolant becomes a battery to store voltage. Causes heater core and radiator failure. Newer diesel trucks have timers to remind you to test coolant for pH and whether additive is needed. Change your antifreeze or change your engine. Easy math.

Is this only true for "on road diesels" ...?

I have driven motor vehicles for over 60 years (some quite old), and have rarely changed coolant on anything.
"Change your antifreeze or change your engine"?

I have NEVER needed to change an engine!

 

[DK35vince]

Is this only true for "on road diesels" ...?

I have driven motor vehicles for over 60 years (some quite old), and have rarely changed coolant on anything.
"Change your antifreeze or change your engine"?

I have NEVER needed to change an engine!

I have seen wet sleeve engines ruined by cavitation requiring a full rebuild. (cylinder liners with pin holes through them)

 

[bmg88201]

I change out my coolant at 50.000 miles and on my other equipment every 1000 hours. Some of my cars use the orange and another uses the old green coolant. I do know one thing for sure you cannot mix the two, if you want to change from one to the other you need to completely flush out the cooling system with water. GM has had issues with intake manifold gaskets leaking after about 120,00 miles in 2000 - 2005 models. That is due to not changing out the orange coolant at a reasonable amount of time, GM has since used a different material for the gasket. The orange coolant does not last as long as the old green stuff either.