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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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Coolant/hose

okay so I drove to school today. parked there for like 2 hours. when i came back out i popped the hood to show someone something. i noticed the upper and lower rad hoses were both sucked completely shut. i just flushed and filled coolant like a month ago. when i took the cap off it looked like brown mud at the top. When i ran it for a minute they looked fine. It was low on coolant i probably added like 2 quarts. I just replaced the hoses an hour ago and haven't noticed it do it yet. just wondering what was cause it other than old hoses.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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***btw i think the muddiness i mentioned might have been because i put in a bottle of rad. stop leak when i flushed it
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 12:20 PM
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Pressure test the cooling system , check the thermostate , if no leaks flush again & add coolant ...Lew
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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Check the rad cap to ..
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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don't use stop leak.

causes more problems then it solves.

thermostat could now be clogged.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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I think the thermostat is okay. tempature sits right in the middle like it always has
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Well then check the other stuff , you must of had a leak ?? you put stop leak in it ?? ..Lew
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MMSGuthrie110
***btw i think the muddiness i mentioned might have been because i put in a bottle of rad. stop leak when i flushed it
This stuff makes your coolant look brown muddy????

AHHHHHH!!!! that's how my coolant looked when I bought the truck! I hope they didn't put that stuff in there.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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the brown is rust and crap from the radiator and such. Its broke free when you flushed it, and is now floating about, its normal for these truck.

I'd bet the cap is bad and causing the system to build a vac.

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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 09:18 AM
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I also believe the cap is the problem...
 
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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I agree with the rad cap. Also, it's a pretty cheep part to throw at it to eliminate it as the cause before you go do more major things.
 
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