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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 01:14 AM
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was doing workin on my car today and notice the coolant was a bit ugly. its orangeeeyy rusty looking so i drain and flush it til the water ran clear then added some 50/50 prestone(light neon green) coolant put them in change everything else drove it to the movies when the movie finish i went to the car pop the hood check the coolant see if it was full and notice its rusty looking again...why is that?
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 05:02 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dylokjai &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">was doing workin on my car today and notice the coolant was a bit ugly. its orangeeeyy rusty looking so i drain and flush it til the water ran clear then added some 50/50 prestone(light neon green) coolant put them in change everything else drove it to the movies when the movie finish i went to the car pop the hood check the coolant see if it was full and notice its rusty looking again...why is that? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Your radiator is probably rusting inside. Do a full flush of the cooling system to get it all out, and I would recommend replacing the radiator.
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