Is there brown sludge in my coolant tank?
There is a small brown sludge oil layer in my coolant tan… Q: There is a small brown sludge oil layer in my coolant tank. I recently had my water pump changed.
What kind of coolant is brown on bottom?
I looked at the radiator hoses (which, incidentally, are in very poor condition) and noticed about a 1mm of brown, rust-coloured sludge on the bottom of the hoses. I did a flush of the system with a cleaning product combined with demineralised and again drained the system.
What kind of oil is in my coolant tank?
Q: There is a small brown sludge oil layer in my coolant tank. I recently had my water pump changed. After a little while I noticed a thin brown sludge oily looking layer in my engine coolant reservoir. The bright red coolant is still in there and separated from the sludge layer.
Can a cast iron coolant block get rusty?
A 10″ textile filter at 10 micrometer will clog and will need replacement few times. Your car has a cast iron engine block (now aluminium blocks on recent cars). So with time, no movement and a little bit of oxygen in the coolant, your engine block will rust from the inside. There is nothing to worry.
There is a small brown sludge oil layer in my coolant tan… Q: There is a small brown sludge oil layer in my coolant tank. I recently had my water pump changed.
Is there Orange foam in the coolant reservoir?
Be happy its not orange. If it were orange foam then it would be tranny fluid in the coolant. That would be worse!
What does white / yellow gunk like in the coolant reservoir?
This owner appears to have this sludgy thing on his/her COOLANT FILLER CAP. Hence the possibility of a head gasket failure. sos i dived in again. White / Yellow gunk does sound like oil in the coolant. Be happy its not orange. If it were orange foam then it would be tranny fluid in the coolant. That would be worse!
Q: There is a small brown sludge oil layer in my coolant tank. I recently had my water pump changed. After a little while I noticed a thin brown sludge oily looking layer in my engine coolant reservoir. The bright red coolant is still in there and separated from the sludge layer.