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**01BlueZX3** · 10-07-2006, 03:16 PM

Hmmm thanks so much guys for all the input. IMO I don't think the radiator is taking a crap 'cause it doesn't overheat or anything. Actually after the first flush was done the cooling is working actually a little better. Sometimes it won't go all the way to the normal operating temp. When I'm on the highway sometimes the needle is a lil below normal operating temp and it runs pretty good. SO maybe I just need to do a flush as many times as I can. Hopefully nothing is wrong with the radiator or anything. I just don't understand how it got brown like that all a sudden. It just started happening right after I got a new thermostat housing done. Weird. Well, I have my fingers crossed. Thanks jetters.

10-07-2006, 03:16 PM	#23 (permalink)
01BlueZX3 TEAM Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NY Posts: 633	Re: Brown coolant.. Back again with a vegeance Hmmm thanks so much guys for all the input. IMO I don't think the radiator is taking a crap 'cause it doesn't overheat or anything. Actually after the first flush was done the cooling is working actually a little better. Sometimes it won't go all the way to the normal operating temp. When I'm on the highway sometimes the needle is a lil below normal operating temp and it runs pretty good. SO maybe I just need to do a flush as many times as I can. Hopefully nothing is wrong with the radiator or anything. I just don't understand how it got brown like that all a sudden. It just started happening right after I got a new thermostat housing done. Weird. Well, I have my fingers crossed. Thanks jetters. __________________ 2001 Malibu Blue ZX3 ATX - 2 1/4" Magnaflow Catback, 4-2-1 OBX Race Header, 2 1/4" Bosal Flexpipe, XCAL2(Tuned by FS), Custom High Flow Cat Underneath(Relocated), Resonator After Cat, K&N Typhoon Short Ram Intake, OEM TB, Massive MSX 90 Performance Ignition Package(MSD Coil w/ Massive Speed System Wires), Motorcraft Spark Plugs, Yellow Lamin-X Fogs, Hella Headlights, 6000K HID, Faze Volt Meter, Faze Vacuum Gauge, SVT Front Upper Grille, 17x7.5 Velox VX-8's on General Exclaim UHP's 215/45/17... 150+K miles & still going STRONG!