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Originally Posted by mav1178
Replacing (the entire coolant) vs topping off is NOT the same thing.
It's like saying "my car burns a quart of oil every month, every 6 months I have an oil change so I don't need to change my oil"
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But lets say it burns 1 quart a week. In 6 months you have put 24q in it. I used to have an Integra GSR that was hydrolocked and sat up for a holiday weekend waiting for an insurance adjuster to look at it. By the time he arrived it was dried out and would start. They screwed me over and didn't cover it. The damage on the cylinder walls was was so bad from those 3 days that even after boring to the service limit you could still see the damage. After a few years like that it would eat up the rings and burn at LEAST 1q per week.
I think the OP was kind of poking fun out of frustration that his car is using coolant.