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Re: BIG PROBLEM

Posted By:	Jay
Posted On:	January 13, 2003 at 3:44 pm GMST

It could be old long-life coolant, which turns from pink to redish-brown over time.
If it's milky though, its probably coolant mixed with oil, which means they are mixing, likely but not for sure caused by a blown haed gasket. It also could be mixing through the water pump assembly. Your waterpump and/or thermosat are probably dead either way.

Evan wrote:

> my car just decieded to die to
> day....and I cant tell what ha
> ppen.... think it might be the
> head gasket...I had my car pa
> rked and running and I realize
> d my heater wasnt working then
> I was driving home and it was
> almost stalling and had NO po
> wer....then right before I got
> home the temp gauge shot up a
> nd steam was coming out and it
> died....so I took a look unde
> r the hood and something explo
> ded, it was watery like coolan
> t but brown....like chocolate
> milk...haha I was like wtf???
> its in the lower right half of
> the engine....its hard to see
> what happened...any ideas??

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Message:	Jay wrote: > It could be old long-life cool > ant, which turns from pink to > redish-brown over time. > If it's milky though, its prob > ably coolant mixed with oil, w > hich means they are mixing, li > kely but not for sure caused b > y a blown haed gasket. It also > could be mixing through the w > ater pump assembly. Your water > pump and/or thermosat are prob > ably dead either way. > > > Evan wrote: > > > my car just decieded to die > to > > day....and I cant tell what > ha > > ppen.... think it might be t > he > > head gasket...I had my car p > a > > rked and running and I reali > ze > > d my heater wasnt working th > en > > I was driving home and it wa > s > > almost stalling and had NO p > o > > wer....then right before I g > ot > > home the temp gauge shot up > a > > nd steam was coming out and > it > > died....so I took a look und > e > > r the hood and something exp > lo > > ded, it was watery like cool > an > > t but brown....like chocolat > e > > milk...haha I was like wtf?? > ? > > its in the lower right half > of > > the engine....its hard to se > e > > what happened...any ideas??
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