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dirty brown water
« on: 03 December 2010, 10:25:04 »
the water in my header tank is brown can any one help please any ideas :'(
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #1 on: 03 December 2010, 10:34:59 »
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the water in my header tank is brown can any one help please any ideas :'(

Sound like there's no anti-freeze in it, drain and flush (I think there's a guide), and re-fill with 50/50 GM antifreeze.
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #2 on: 03 December 2010, 10:37:42 »
hi auto not long had anti freeze done :y
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #3 on: 03 December 2010, 10:41:00 »
Brown in colour or brown with oil :question
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #4 on: 03 December 2010, 10:42:10 »
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drain and flush (I think there's a guide), and re-fill with 50/50 GM antifreeze.
basically its circulating the crap in the system so drain it, flush it till clear water then refill as above  :y
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #5 on: 03 December 2010, 10:42:21 »
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hi auto not long had anti freeze done :y
who did it for you?? what was the colour of the anti freeze? take out some liquid in a seringe and see the colour through it because in the header tank the colour can be misleading.

worse case is oil in water :(
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #6 on: 03 December 2010, 10:44:14 »
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basically its circulating the crap in the system
unless it is oil  :'(
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #7 on: 03 December 2010, 10:45:03 »
Quite possibly not flushed thoroughly enough. The v6 cooling system is a pita to cleanse fully, easier if you happen to be removing the water pump as a lot of it lurks down there.

If your antifreeze was done by just draining the rad then refilling with 50/50, only c50% of the fluid content has been changed. The remaining 50% will very soon taint your nice new mixture, hence the 'rinse and repeat' nature of the guide.

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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #8 on: 03 December 2010, 10:46:12 »
sorry was done at garage and brown water abit rusty colour no oil in it anti freeze pink/red
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #9 on: 03 December 2010, 11:13:48 »
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sorry was done at garage and brown water abit rusty colour no oil in it anti freeze pink/red
The garage did a poor job. Unsurprisingly.

Do it yourself, following the guides on here.

The correct mix of antifreeze is critical - its not just there to stop freezing (apt this time of year), but also it has corrosion inhibitors.  Obviously yours seems like it hasn't.
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #10 on: 03 December 2010, 12:15:54 »
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sorry was done at garage and brown water abit rusty colour no oil in it anti freeze pink/red
The garage did a poor job. Unsurprisingly.

Do it yourself, following the guides on here.

The correct mix of antifreeze is critical - its not just there to stop freezing (apt this time of year), but also it has corrosion inhibitors.  Obviously yours seems like it hasn't.
agreed  i did mine 2 weeks ago and followed the guide and advice on here to the letter   :y
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #11 on: 04 December 2010, 08:11:50 »
thans for all the help sorted now very poor mix of anti freeze more water than anti freeze  :D :y
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #12 on: 04 December 2010, 10:34:41 »
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thans for all the help sorted now very poor mix of anti freeze more water than anti freeze  :D :y
Did they flush it through a few times? no good just draining it once (as that doesn't get much out) and refilling.

Accept the fact most garages (including dealers) do not know what they are doing, and work from there ;)
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Re: dirty brown water
« Reply #13 on: 04 December 2010, 18:27:55 »
thanx again dont think they flushed it out just empted it and filled it up all done now buy me all nice and clean wont go their again :y
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