sassXR6T Donating Members 23 Member For: 11y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 08/07/12 01:17 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 01:17 AM G'day all, Just thought id ask the question out why my coolant after 8,000kms from being new has turned to the colour it is in the photo..?cheers :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkeels Throbbing Member Donating Members 594 Member For: 15y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 08/07/12 01:27 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 01:27 AM what gear box mate? does it look like a milkshake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET-270 Donating Members 153 Member For: 12y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 08/07/12 01:29 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 01:29 AM Ford use a 70/30 mix, they all do it, mine is at 13k now and is brown, going to drop it and do a nice 50/50 mix of Nulon today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassXR6T Donating Members 23 Member For: 11y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 08/07/12 01:37 AM Author Share Posted 08/07/12 01:37 AM its manual.yea I really wanna piss it off! 50/50 meaning 50water 50coolant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET-270 Donating Members 153 Member For: 12y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 08/07/12 01:48 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 01:48 AM Yeah 50% demineralised water 50% coolant. I always fill the rad up with a bit of clean tap water and run the car on idle for a few minutes to get rid of all the coolant in the block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 13y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 08/07/12 02:30 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 02:30 AM (edited) mine did it after 10000kms. getting it dumped and replaced with a 50/50 mix Edited 08/07/12 02:30 AM by gsd112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanBatman G666E Turbo!!! Member 1,008 Member For: 14y 3m 8d Gender: Male Posted 08/07/12 02:53 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 02:53 AM Funny how they do this, I have a new car now and it's done 70,000km and the coolant is crystal clear pink and it's the factory fill...Maybe it's a reaction because of minerals alloy head iron block and extreme heat from turbo... I dunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassXR6T Donating Members 23 Member For: 11y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 08/07/12 05:38 AM Author Share Posted 08/07/12 05:38 AM yea I thought it could of been just a colour change from the engine tempsthanks for the info guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX Dave Donating Members 545 Member For: 13y 19d Gender: Male Posted 08/07/12 05:50 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 05:50 AM Check for exhaust gases in your coolent when running. If your really unlucky your head gasket may be on its way out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,812 Member For: 20y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 08/07/12 07:03 AM Share Posted 08/07/12 07:03 AM Have you tried just syringing the top crap out of the overflow and topping up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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