ive flushed and filled numerous times already however give it just a few minutes even and my coolant turns to this dirty brownish greenish color. im not really running hot but after a nice "Spirited" drive my coolant overflow tank is bubbling and its making my damn tank look like crap with sedimant and stains!!!! any reasons why it would be this dirty over and over again?

 

I also have that problem with my car. In mine, the brownish color comes from rust deposits in the engine from where the previous owner had neglected the system. The bubbling in the coolant tank comes from air trapped in the system where you have been flushing and filling it.

 

Have you done a chemical flush? Usually the Prestone chemical flush kit will remove most accumlated crap. Don't forget after it's done to install GM sealing tablets or in lieu of that the powered Bars leak, it's the same thing as the tablets. If not you will be putting in a new water pump in short order. Probably not a bad idea to replace the heater core with the nicer weather. Crap tens to accumulate in the core if the system was neglected.

 

TRICKSTER is that goning to cause any problems for the car later on? or will it stop at the dirty coolant?

Danno well the previous owner was one to defenitly neglect this car but i think ill need to replace the core anyway, i pulled off the panel under the passenger side dash and found a little bit off coolant puddled up. it hasent done it since but i bet it needs to be changed.

thanks for the help guys, i cant satnd this sludge in my car any longer!!!

 

No, just do as Danno has suggested. When you refill the car after the final flush, I would suggest using a 50/50 mixture of anti-freeze and distilled water and not tap water.

 

Don't forget one bottle of Red Line Water Wetter!
If the car is used during freezing conditions, a 50/50 mix is all right, but other than that a 10-15% antifreeze solution with dist. water is better (anti-freeze cools bad, plain water(with Water Wetter) cools the best, the 10-15 % anti-freeze is for anti corrosion purposes only!)

 

good tip.....i never really drive my car in winter becuse i have another daily driver so i think ill replace my heater core, chemical flush it, and then add the right mix of coolant and such back in. if that dont work at least it isnt overheating!!!!!!!

 

By the way, I was going to suggest that you might check your fluid tank as well. The tank in my car had brown crap all over the sides and after I flushed it, I guess the new "good" fluid pulled the crap off and contaminated it.

Just a thought.

 

thats what pisses me off most........after i bought the car i purchased new coolant and washer fluid tanks so they would be gleeming white but guess what?!?!? that dirty engine just stained my coolant bottle and left me some more deposits in it!

 

Just do what I did, take one of those foam strip brushes for washing glasses and run it down inside the coolant tank and scrub it and flush it out. Worked for me.

 

For more info about coolant go to WWW.REDLINEOIL.COM
click on "products"
click on "coolant +other"
click on Water Wetter Tech Info"

Here's a good explanation about how coolant works, and what solutions works best under specific conditions!