Antifreeze change now water looks rusty
 

Hi did a change over drained old green antifreeze out did a flush then put in new comma pink now water looks rusty
http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/a...845E64467B.jpg

Perfectly normal, it's the pink dye.

Thanks very much put my mind at rest

Mate I've only ever put genuine Subaru coolant in as its ready mixed with distilled water. As for the colour of that it looks like someone has put that holts rad weld stuff in there.

Yeh that does not look normal at all, i have the pink coolant and its still pink, that has either reacted or it has got rad weld in it mate, i would do a proper flush ant try again if i was you:thumb:

Try blotting some onto kitchen roll and seeing the true colour?

Its just where the different colours have mixed.

i flushed mine out and replaced the lot with pink coolant about a month ago, i checked it today and its still pink.
im guessing the rad was not flushed on the ops car.

Drained old green stuff flushed header tank then rad

Im not calling you a liar or anything but that has not been flushed out properly mate, If you are doing a coolant change (blue to pink) you have to ensure its completely flushed of all the old coolant as in most cases it will react with the old stuff :thumb:

No problem if i have made a mess of it i will do it again

Pop the big pipe off the header and connect it to a hose pipe and let it run for 5 mins :thumb:

Messy but it should do the trick :thumb:

Looks normal to me as some turn a orangey colour when water is added and it's diluted

Regarding the flush.... What would you use, a few litres of distilled water?

You can buy flushs from forte which break down the corrosion when left for a couple of hours in the system and then run a hose flushing the system out bud

Mine looks just like that, but if I draw some out and put it in a glass it's pink again - I just assumed it was a tinge coming off my header tank:wonder:

Cheers guys and jonmc your correct just went out and took some out with my antifreeze tester and its pink in the tester strange

All sorted then :thumb:

Strange but cool :lol1:

Fecking had me scared thought my engine was full of rust

Thanks guys for all the help

cant you get waterless coolant these days? that stops any rust forming

Not waterless, but they do add rust inhibitors to antifreeze nowadays:thumb:

this stuff


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Evans-Powe...item2c6309331b

Something new every day as they say:D

Hmmm good find shrecky :thumb:

Seen this 'water free' coolant recently. Anyone use it?

Don't forget the matrix pipes when you drain everything :) Very important to flush properly when moving to an OAT coolant, which the Pink Comma is I believe :) That looks like mine after a crappy mechanic mixed Halfords Pink OAT with the original coolant when failing to flush adequately :)

Reflush and use a quality ready mixed coolant like Motul Inugel Optimal :)

Aye, me and Jeff put the pink stuff when swapping my buggered radiator over. Looked exactly like that in the header tank when filling it up via the small back hose :)

£65!!!!!!! :eek:

Laughable what the gullible will go for ....... a good back flush and re-fill is all that's needed.

Also, is this the stuff that can be re-used?
Just run it through a cloth or fine sieve & away you go...?