Questions & Answers for: brown coolant overheating

coolant seems brown in colour Have you had any Problems with the Motor???? If not, You just need a Radiator Flush and Fill. You really need one anyway to find out if there is a Problem that you cannot

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...white smoke from tail pipe(ignore this one during cold weather), oil is light brown or milky looking which indicates water in the oil, and of course loosing coolant when there is no coolant ...

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coolant is a light brown and oily looking The coolant is a light brown and oily looking. Car ran fine all day.Temperature drop down to 14 last night Went to put coolant in and found the sludgy looking

...coolant system for this issue. The first thing you can do is check the oil dipstick - you're looking for a milky brown color as opposed to a dark brown (normal) color for oil - unless you've recently ...

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...brown water bubbling into the overflow may mean a head gasket is gone, it may also mean the radiator or thermostat is blocked. or there is a leak Clean and flush radiator, check the radiator fins for ...

...coolant leak, there are 2 major causes of overheating #1-thermostat is bad, #2- fan clutch or in your case electric fan could not be working. when oil mixed with cooling sys. can cause overheating ...

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...time...coolant jug has like brown stuff in it If the brown stuff is oily, it could in fact be oil from the engine. If so, the engine may have a blown head gasket or other internal

brown sludge in coolant overflow bottle the radiator seems clean, but coolant jug is just nasty. the car was not yet overheating. radiator was very slow to refill, once started to do a flush on the ...

...milky brown liquid floating at the top of your coolant reservoir is almost certainly OIL. This is usually a first indication of a head gasket issue, especially if your vehicle has recently

brown swirls in the oil. That's the color the coolant gets in the oil. Take off the oil filler cap and check there too for a brown sludge. Just precautions because worst case scenario, if that's where

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