XR6PSI Member 80 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Posted 11/10/04 10:42 PM Share Posted 11/10/04 10:42 PM Sunday arvo about 5.20 driving on gateway Mwy northbound about 105ks notice engine was running a tad hotter than usual say 2 needle widths wrong side of halfway rather than the usual 2 width below thought to self that's strange not 5 ks later temp light and warning chine sound temp almost to red!!!! ASAP pull over shut down Pop bonnet to what looked like a disaster. small rubber pipe about 4 to 5 cm long which joins the metal return cooling hose from turbo had spilt showering engine bay in the contents of radiator. Now that wouldn't be so bad except that rather than just water and coolant I had this pink sludge with the consistency of water downed grease all over the engine bay. Called ford assistant who towed me to a servo and sent racq out who replaced the hose and insited it would be fine and take it back to Ford on monday. Got home proceeded to degrease and wash engine bay (me thinking coolant and paint do not mix well) trying to get this sludge off was a mission it stuck to everything. got the beast to ford yesterday who are looking into for me. My main concern is how it got this fluid in there to turn the coolant into sludge. my suspiscion would be that its auto trans fluid being red and perhaps something down near the cooler and radiator. If this is the case, how long are any of the other rubber hoses last? how are ford going to throughly flush this stuff out not only the cooling system but all the sensors? the block? the heater? and also what about the tranny and torque convertor? has water got into the fluid and how long has this been going on and how what if any damage both long and short term has this caused.Sorry for the long post but had to stress how bad this sludge was and both immediate and longer term effects it may or may not have on the car.Any thoughts or comments would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 21y 7m 25d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 11/10/04 11:21 PM Share Posted 11/10/04 11:21 PM I always thorught 'sludge' in the radiator meant a cracked head or busted head gasket and oil is getting to the water!!!Hope that's not the case but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Forum Superhero Donating Members 3,109 Member For: 20y 11m 14d Location: Eastern Suburbs of Mexico Posted 12/10/04 12:03 AM Share Posted 12/10/04 12:03 AM I always thorught 'sludge' in the radiator meant a cracked head or busted head gasket and oil is getting to the water!!!Hope that's not the case but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6PSI Member 80 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Posted 12/10/04 12:05 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/04 12:05 AM have checked oil yesterday morning oil is clean clean no water in there, thank god! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6PSI Member 80 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Posted 12/10/04 12:08 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/04 12:08 AM also sludge has no brown consistency only this pink sludge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stang Donating Members 1,353 Member For: 20y 9m 20d Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/04 12:11 AM Share Posted 12/10/04 12:11 AM I heard that it could be tranmission oil as I am sure I read sonewherelese that this had occurred. make sure the check out your transmission as you could have probs with tranny if coolant has gotten in there. do a search on forum on overheating.regardsPeter Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6PSI Member 80 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Posted 12/10/04 12:22 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/04 12:22 AM (edited) that's my main concern. Also what damage it could do to areas where the sludge has been within the cooling system which has lines that run to the turbo, all the ares in the block the water pump just everywhere. it may be fine to flush it today but the long term is the question. Hopefully ford will have a good solution for all this.......we can only hope. anyone out there whose in ford care to comment on any previous instances of this occuring? Edited 12/10/04 12:23 AM by XR6PSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stang Donating Members 1,353 Member For: 20y 9m 20d Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/04 12:36 AM Share Posted 12/10/04 12:36 AM http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.ph...opic=12308&st=0that's the link above check out vik351 posts or pm him if u want, I beleieve he said it was transmission fluid so I would be getting your tranny checked out too.good luck Stang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6PSI Member 80 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Posted 12/10/04 12:47 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/04 12:47 AM (edited) my bottle was pure pink no green in it at all. and thick like gravy.Thanks for your help guys Edited 12/10/04 12:48 AM by XR6PSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktford FORD FORD FORD Donating Members 9,390 Member For: 21y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side Posted 12/10/04 12:57 AM Share Posted 12/10/04 12:57 AM vik 351 is still stewing on this, you'll need a new radiator chappy.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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