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10-01-2008, 09:28 AM
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  | rusty colored collant k as some of you may read my radiator blew up last night on my way home from work... looked at it this morning and it is rusty in color... i havent run into this before and i am thinking that when they did the engine swap they didnt get all the old stuff out or something? why would it look like this..... it literally looks like some one spayed a can of rusty primer in my rad.... i will be flushing out the old anyway i just want to know if i should be replacing the water pump... i am already getting a new rad, thermostate and upper and lower hoses so i just need a little advise on the water pump... oh yeah this is in my 00 jimmy 4.3 4x4. i dont plan on driving it much till friday so any help would be apreciated |
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10-01-2008, 09:38 AM
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| the only way for anything to rust is to be exposed to air....so i dunno
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10-01-2008, 09:42 AM
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| i just googled it and it said a flush should be fine.. i guess i just jumped the gun a little thinkin something was really wrong. its a relitively new vehicle to me that was in really bad shape when i got it so i am still finding things i dont like... this is just another one of them... right now the rad is glued back together and hopefully it will last till friday so i can make a paycheck to pay for this **** thing |
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10-01-2008, 12:34 PM
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| proper coolent levels and PH of said coolent will prevent all of this. I would watch your heat exchange radiator for the heater also for the wrong PH will attack these plastic surrounds and that is where they leak |
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10-01-2008, 11:30 PM
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| What type of anti freeze are you using? Are you using the GM brand Dex-Cool? I cant say good or bad about it, but GM had several law suits over this coolant, and many (including me) refuse to use it ever again. This stuff is pretty hard on aluminum parts. again, not good or bad, only advice on gaining a little more info if you are using it. This stuff typically turned to mud after little use, and only a few heat cycles. Maybe this orange stuff is the problem, and since you are replacing most of the stuff, you may change the type of juice you are running. |
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10-02-2008, 12:20 AM
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| Yeah Dex-cool is orange colored. My 96 Silverado takes Dex-cool. Personally I'm going to flush my system out completely and put in the regular old green 50/50 coolant. It won't hurt anything if you change but you have to flush it thoroughly with water. And I would change your hoses & t-stat while your at it. They claim Dex-cool lasts so much longer and doesn't need to be changed as frequently but, it really does need to be changed the same time as the green coolant. Dex-cool is more expensive as well. -Mike |
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10-02-2008, 06:17 AM
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| before refilling do a pressure leak test, when you do fill it make sure its not building presure. A head gasket or similiar problem may have cause the original problem
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10-02-2008, 09:29 AM
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| i belive it was dex-cool in there.. when i talk to the shop that did the engine swap they said they put dex-cool back in it becasue that is what was in it before. and they didnt want any problems.. i just find it hard to believe it destoyed my plastic rad that quick. but a full aluminim one is one its way so i woun have to worry. i am changing the water pump and t stat while im at it so wish me luck |
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10-02-2008, 09:45 AM
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| how much did that rad cost you? might want to tell jr about it. LOL
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10-02-2008, 09:51 AM
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| lol ebay....135 with shipping.... i have got many radiators from this guy and they are always in good shape and his prices arent to bad... i was lookin at 250 for a stock replacement with the plastic end caps that just broke......  |
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