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PSIKO

By PSIKO,
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PSIKO

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Hi all,

Yesterday morning I checked the coolant and it had some brown discolouration (see pic).

I have drained the radiator and flushed it out with water.

A large amount of this stuff came out.

Whilst bleeding the coolant, more brown stuff came out.

I closed it off and revved the engine, where upon bits were coming up through the radiator.

I drove the car around for roughly 30-40 minutes, and re-checked when cool. There was minimal brown stuff inside the radiator (pretty much as much as you can see in the pic).

Notes on old mate 'brown stuff':

- It floats

- I couldn't work out the smell, it didn't smell like oil. I run e85 so I'm not sure whether it could be that.

- It has a very silky feel to it

Other notes:

There's no condensation or coolant coming through the exhaust

The oil level did not seem to drop at all, nor has it dropped over the last month

Any help or opinions would be greatly appreciated!

Pic: http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af34/Godsillah/DSC03579_zpsd7bbd9a2.jpg

ARTZ Grand Master

ARTZ

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what i would do

get some radiator flush..run it through the system as per instructions with heater on.....drain....

disconnect top radiator hose and put a hose in the top of the radiator...run the engine with heater on so water form the hose flushes through and drains onto ground from disconnected hose.......do this till water looks fresh....could take a while...

then fill with coolant and drive....if problem persists you may have another issue

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