 Dirty water in my radiator, what to do? |
 May 23, 2009 - 7:20 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jan 8, '08 From Sweden Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hi,
I need some help with my radiator, the water is pretty dirty. I think I might go to my parents tomorrow and try to flush the system but have anyone else had this problem? The brown stuf is not hard, rather like soft mud or wet sand. No samll stones or anything. Any ideas of what it is and why it is there and what to do?    Tanks //Johan This post has been edited by Ugglan: May 23, 2009 - 7:25 AM |
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May 25, 2009 - 9:48 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i've seen that before...thats usually from some oil mixing into the coolant and becoming an emulsion of coolant and engine oil. its impossible to clean out totally, pull the block drains and flush the block with a garden hose, backflush the heater core, and replace the radiator.
oh and figure out where the **** came from, does it smell exhausty or engine-ish? -------------------- |
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Ugglan Dirty water in my radiator, what to do? May 23, 2009 - 7:20 AM
Spider77 Wow, thats pretty bad. Yeah, you def need to flus... May 23, 2009 - 7:52 AM enderswift yikes, kinda looks like someone poured a bottle of... May 23, 2009 - 8:58 AM Ugglan yeah, it's pretty nasty. But it hasn't bee... May 23, 2009 - 9:07 AM Spider77 Yeah, if you got something like prestone radiator ... May 23, 2009 - 9:37 AM dgbldr If you do it yourself, take all the flushed fluid ... May 23, 2009 - 2:30 PM domyz I would remove the thermostat and clean the block ... May 23, 2009 - 2:36 PM cardshark525 How old is the radiator? Just from personal experi... May 23, 2009 - 7:04 PM Ugglan Wasn't as bad as it looks. Took the termostat ... May 24, 2009 - 3:00 PM stl95celica same thing happend to me. dad thought it was a cra... May 31, 2009 - 2:40 PM
Ugglan no oil or someting in it, probably some rust or so... May 31, 2009 - 2:49 PM |
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