Thread: Hummm Crazy radiator activity..

OK this past weekend i was doing some general checking (looking and poking around in my engine ) keep in mind i have looked at this before all seemed normal anyway i opened my radiator cap and i had some brownish clay looking stuff in my radiator long story short i would like to get your opinion on what you think it could be..


ADDITIONAL INFO- me and a buddy of mine flushed it like 3 times also lets go ahead and rule out HG its not that its not in my oil tank or under the oil cap after that my radiator hoses top and bottom when the car is cool are flat MY GP HAS NEVER OVERHEATED

Thanks.

It's from the dexcool

Hey thanks alot guys
@lishap i know i checked it after i created this topic and the coolant is now mixed basically i still have some deathcool in there so i will be doing another flush later on today thanks

Thanks dsmuts

UPDATE:......sort of.....well no i didnt get a chance to perform any maintanance but Curious i will do that. that will be the first thing i do is rad cap and next i will have a real update

MMMMMMM beefy lol mines look like that but brighter whould have took a few pics before but i flushed it out a couple times thanks for the pics man

What was your flushing technique? There are ways to get 100% of the death-coolaid out. The sludge, not so much.

I drained my system.

Ran 2 cans of coolant flush (topped with distilled water) in my Radiator for about 2 weeks.

Back flushed with the hose.

Ran it on straight distilled water for a few days.

Emptied and put all new fluids in it.

Spotless.

Originally Posted by Thompsju

I drained my system.

Ran 2 cans of coolant flush (topped with distilled water) in my Radiator for about 2 weeks.

Back flushed with the hose.

Ran it on straight distilled water for a few days.

Emptied and put all new fluids in it.

Spotless.

That's about the best you can do. It's what our impala with sludge needs. You can flush/backflush each thing individually which is the best practice. (Engine, radiator, heater core)

Thomp Mine looked exactly like the pic you posted but only thing that bothered me was the fact that it would get a little heated as in it would go above the middle marker but now ive completed a full systems flush and now everything is working fine Thanks to all who submitted info and tips

Navy pretty much the same only i ran with it for a couple of hours its pretty decent she runs like she does when i got her

Yeah I guess getting it to full temp is important, I'd use it for a week but it's getting cold out and I'm not sure if that rad flush is freeze safe.

Oh i wish my friend where im from (galveston texas) there is no winter i think the lowest temp was a whopping 67

Well you're safe to run it for a while. I was just saying because I'd flush our impala (and make a video as in in depth how-to) but it's getting too late in the year, too cold. I hate winters.

O ok got cha ....I hate the winter too but man we need it dude the humidity is balls here always 80% or higher i have my fingers crossed man