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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 03:48 AM
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Coolant is brown?
My friend's mr2 turbo has brown coolant. The engine was rebuilt 40k miles ago. The car itself has 170k on it. He thinks it's possible that it's a blown headgasket. Can anyone help? Thanks!
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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 06:42 AM
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that usually is due to rust/corrosion somewhere within the cooling system... get it flushed out... see if it comes back... they do sell some anti-corrosion that you can put in to clean it out...
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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 08:09 AM
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Yeah rust/corrosion, The radiator & heater core may need to be replaced. Then flush the system.
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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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radiator hoses go BOOM
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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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Sounds like corrosion. 170k miles with the original radiator is bound to have some sort of corrosion.
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