Im new on this forum looking at buying a 87 CRX car has been sitting about 3 years starts well idles good. Haven't drove it but engine sounds good didnt see any visible leaks or smoke but after taking rad cap off the coolant looked milky. Oil looked fine though. What do you guys think? Could it just need to be flushed?
$600 with a set of 16in rims and a JVC kameleon Deck....body is in decent shape except for some rust on the rear quarters. 130,000 miles please give me some advice thanks

 

Coolant.

I would flush the radiator and clean it thoroughly, then fill it back up and take it out for a drive a few times. Doesnt sound nothing big though, but never seen a car with milky or thick coolant.

 

Hopefully thats it I'll probably try that this weekend... its a friends car so he'll let me try some things before I buy it. Im just not sure if its even worth the money for new gas new antifreeze and new oil/filter. I think the head gasket is blown thanks for the reply

 

For 600 bucks at that many miles its worth a try, those cars are great if you can find the right one to take care of. They're bad ***.

 

Possible head gasket failure, check compression.

 

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I concur with that assesment having seen bown head gaskets myself. Sounds like ou are getting oil into the coolant.

 

Headgasket... oil into the coolant either by a headgasket being cracked or broken, or crack in the cylinders letting oil seep through into the waterjackets.