sassXR6T Donating Members 23 Member For: 12y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 09/07/12 07:25 AM Author Share Posted 09/07/12 07:25 AM ill have to check that and not do any mods incase it is the head..its not creamy just a filthy colour Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1264732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
601Turbz Member 111 Member For: 14y 9m 8d Gender: Male Posted 09/07/12 09:45 AM Share Posted 09/07/12 09:45 AM (edited) Check all the above and look into changing to a Tectalloy 90 or 100 ready mix.You will required 2 X 5Ltr bottles of coolant Plus 2ltr demineralised water, if you want to do a full flush and fill. I did mine a week ago and now the temp gauge is steady at just a whisker above 1/4 mark. Edited 09/07/12 09:46 AM by 601Turbz Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1264816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassXR6T Donating Members 23 Member For: 12y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 10/07/12 02:56 AM Author Share Posted 10/07/12 02:56 AM ok couldn't smell any exhaust gases while running so bit of relief.whats the best way to dump all the coolant from radiator and block without to much trouble? is there a drain plug underneath or just pull bottom hose off? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1265118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 10/07/12 03:06 AM Share Posted 10/07/12 03:06 AM There is a drain plug. Easy to find. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1265123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX Dave Donating Members 545 Member For: 14y 2m 9d Gender: Male Posted 10/07/12 05:36 AM Share Posted 10/07/12 05:36 AM On 10/07/2012 at 2:56 AM, sassXR6T said: ok couldn't smell any exhaust gases while running so bit of relief.whats the best way to dump all the coolant from radiator and block without to much trouble? is there a drain plug underneath or just pull bottom hose off?You won't smell them mate. Unless the gasket is totally furked. You will need a little pump with testing fluid in a couple different chambers. You pump it over the open resiovouir at operating temperature and the liquid changes colour if exhaust gases are present.99% of mechanics will have these and shouldn't charge anything to test My bad should of explained better. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1265204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
601Turbz Member 111 Member For: 14y 9m 8d Gender: Male Posted 10/07/12 11:32 AM Share Posted 10/07/12 11:32 AM On 10/07/2012 at 3:06 AM, Paulie2256 said: There is a drain plug. Easy to find.Yep, very easy to find, White coloured wingnut plug,right handside of radiator down the very bottowm :good: 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1265425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassXR6T Donating Members 23 Member For: 12y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 12/07/12 07:55 AM Author Share Posted 12/07/12 07:55 AM ok sweet cheers! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1266387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 12/07/12 08:01 AM Share Posted 12/07/12 08:01 AM Every new Fg ute at work has the brown coolant after about 10000kms, im talking 15 utes they all do it. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1266391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassXR6T Donating Members 23 Member For: 12y 11m 10d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle, NSW Posted 15/07/12 12:43 AM Author Share Posted 15/07/12 12:43 AM Ok well I put a Nulon radiator flush through dumped it then ran fresh water and dumped that finishing with a 50/50 mix of Nulon coolant.Hopefully never see that brown sh*t again.. didn't smell to healthy either Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1267404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy-XR6T Silver Donating Members 179 Member For: 15y 10m 1d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, Inner South Posted 09/08/12 02:20 AM Share Posted 09/08/12 02:20 AM good to know, mine has gone to an odd brownish colour which does look terrible. I remember when the car was new it was bright green and healthy looking. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80884-coolant-turned-to-brownish-colour/page/2/#findComment-1276686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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