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    coolant turned to poop?

    I think I may have a serious problem with my coolant system. A few weeks ago I noticed that the antifreeze was a little on the orange side, and I figured "no big deal it's just really old" so I went to the local parts store and bought a radiator back flush kit. Hooked it up to the garden hose, ran the engine, and let water run through it until it was crystal clear again. Then I filled it up with 11 quarts of coolant. I noticed a small leak that seemed to be coming from the bottom of the coolant overflow. Again I figured it wasn't a big deal because I assumed it was just trickling down from the top of the overflow. Well Today I went to go make sure I still had plenty of coolant and this is what I found:

    <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u207/chimpanzlee/radiator****001.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

    Scared the **** outta me to say the least.
    It's not even a liquid it's like cookie batter or something, as seen here:

    <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u207/chimpanzlee/radiator****005.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

    Obviously I don't know what the hell to make of this and I'd really appreciate your 2 cents. Thanks guys
    Last edited by lil' jon; 07-26-2007, 10:10 AM.
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    97 Firebird -- Project Car - kyb agx shocks, eibach springs, 3.42 torsen diff, aluminum driveshaft, slp cai, pacesetter headers, magnaflow cat-back. hptuners. not done yet.
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  • #2
    Re: coolant turned to poop?

    why isn't photobucket working for me? haha
    94 Camaro convertible -- mostly stock
    97 Firebird -- Project Car - kyb agx shocks, eibach springs, 3.42 torsen diff, aluminum driveshaft, slp cai, pacesetter headers, magnaflow cat-back. hptuners. not done yet.
    98 Firebird -- Parts Car

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    • #3
      Re: coolant turned to poop?

      thats um???? thats some crazy **** right there. Maybe a blown headgasket and oil mixing in, or maybe nobody every changed the fluids and there was alot of rust mixing in. Try flushing it out a few more time, and I mean flushing by taking it somewhere and letting them flush it out. Then if that doesn't fix it, I'd take it to someone.
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        Re: coolant turned to poop?

        Originally posted by lil' jon
        why isn't photobucket working for me? haha
        the first links worked, but you had the word S$IT in it so therefore someone has to link that in the address bar and change the ****.
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        • #5
          Re: coolant turned to poop?

          Because your pics have the word **** in them, change the name to something other than **** and the **** should work right.
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          • #6
            Re: coolant turned to poop?

            ok here it is:



            and

            94 Camaro convertible -- mostly stock
            97 Firebird -- Project Car - kyb agx shocks, eibach springs, 3.42 torsen diff, aluminum driveshaft, slp cai, pacesetter headers, magnaflow cat-back. hptuners. not done yet.
            98 Firebird -- Parts Car

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            • #7
              Re: coolant turned to poop?

              sorry they're out of focus the camera was too close
              94 Camaro convertible -- mostly stock
              97 Firebird -- Project Car - kyb agx shocks, eibach springs, 3.42 torsen diff, aluminum driveshaft, slp cai, pacesetter headers, magnaflow cat-back. hptuners. not done yet.
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              • #8
                Re: coolant turned to poop?

                What the hell was in that stuff? It looks like it just ate away and corroded the hell out of your system. Reflush with something a little less potent.
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                • #9
                  Re: coolant turned to poop?

                  I just ran straight tap water through it.
                  94 Camaro convertible -- mostly stock
                  97 Firebird -- Project Car - kyb agx shocks, eibach springs, 3.42 torsen diff, aluminum driveshaft, slp cai, pacesetter headers, magnaflow cat-back. hptuners. not done yet.
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                  • #10
                    Re: coolant turned to poop?

                    I'm geussing I probably should have used distilled water? I let all of the tap water drain out before I put the coolant in, and I used prestone 50/50 premixed
                    94 Camaro convertible -- mostly stock
                    97 Firebird -- Project Car - kyb agx shocks, eibach springs, 3.42 torsen diff, aluminum driveshaft, slp cai, pacesetter headers, magnaflow cat-back. hptuners. not done yet.
                    98 Firebird -- Parts Car

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                    • #11
                      Re: coolant turned to poop?

                      I think distilled is what is recomended. Never thought it would make that much of a diff though.
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                      • #12
                        Re: coolant turned to poop?

                        wow, that is going to take some serious flushing to get all of that crap out of there. That is some of the worst that I have seen. Usually it is a few chunks floating but you can still see the coolant. Yours is solid poop. lol

                        might take 2-3 flushes to get it all out. Use distilled water also
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                        • #13
                          Re: coolant turned to poop?

                          how should I go about pumping distilled water through the radiator? I don't get it, it wasn't half that bad when I flushed it a few weeks ago.
                          94 Camaro convertible -- mostly stock
                          97 Firebird -- Project Car - kyb agx shocks, eibach springs, 3.42 torsen diff, aluminum driveshaft, slp cai, pacesetter headers, magnaflow cat-back. hptuners. not done yet.
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                          • #14
                            Re: coolant turned to poop?

                            take it to a shop or drain it out through the bottom. Do a search for how to flush a radiater and there are some writeups on this site for it.

                            For me I go to our shop and just hook up the machine. :)
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                            • #15
                              Re: coolant turned to poop?

                              wow...that definitly looks like sumone **** in your system lol. Only thing I can think of is possibly a blown intake gasket and oil is getting in? I know when my gasket went it was a colour like that only a little darker and I had chunks on my coolant check stick... Hows your oil level? and how was your oil level previously? i.e before your last oil change, where u running low?

                              If it is a blown head gasket you can check by leaving the rad cap off and start the car, and watch for bubbles. If you see a steady flow of bubbles coming to the top then its your head gasket.

                              my guess would still be intake gasket tho, I do believe it is a common problem on the 3.8's if im not mistaken

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