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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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finally got around to changing my leaky radiator last night. This was the coolent that i drain out....





Now i know what oil in the coolant looks like... but this just looks dirty..... thoughts?
 
Old Sep 27, 2011 | 11:10 AM
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Yeah if you give it a few years anti-freeze can look like that.

Good time to change it I guess!
 
Old Sep 27, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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Might be normal. Have you changed your oil recently? What did that look like?
 
Old Sep 27, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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i changed the oil at the some time (and have every 3k miles since i bought it in Feb) and the oil looks fine, black, but otherwise fine
 
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