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Old 11-19-2007, 03:03 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by elfhearse View Post
The PenRay coolant article mentioned fluid turning black from high concentrations of metal... maybe the water pump/bearings was wearing out and breaking down with metal particles contaminating the coolant. + how old was the coolant?
If you have around 100K miles, you should probably change the coolant hoses and the two coolant manifold blocks.
I'm almost positive that the water pump was to blame for the colour of the coolant. The coolant was barely 6 months old. I have almost 200k and I've almost replaced the whole cooling system.
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