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Originally Posted by elfhearse 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.