Something weird in my coolant over flow bottle
10-09-2008, 06:06 PM
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Nothing ever came of it. It actually disappeared. I run 50/50 water coolant. I have a Koyo radiator but Im not sure which one. I had it with the Vortech kit so Im thinking it might be the slimmer one. How can I find out which radiator I have?
10-09-2008, 06:32 PM
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This sounds dumb but I have seen Barsleak leave that residue. Has the radiator or block/heads ever been used with that stuff? I used it on a car once for a simple leak from a radiator a couple days before a race because we couldn't get it fixed and then flushed the system after getting the radiator fixed. I still continued to find it for a long time after though.
10-10-2008, 11:27 AM
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The RTV that comes with a Nissan factory engine rebuild kit (gaskets, ect.) is orange. The FACTORY RTV is gray. I have a tube of orange nissan gasket maker sitting in my garage from my build.
10-10-2008, 01:03 PM
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I just so happen to look in my coolant overflow bottle and i noticed some orange looking substance floating in the bottom of the bottle. I dont remember seeing it the other day when i looked. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? It looks almost like some kind of algae?
10-10-2008, 01:32 PM
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The factory rtv that the engine comes with off the assembly line is still gray. Unless they just wanted to use gray on mine.
10-10-2008, 01:52 PM
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I just so happen to look in my coolant overflow bottle and i noticed some orange looking substance floating in the bottom of the bottle. I dont remember seeing it the other day when i looked. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? It looks almost like some kind of algae?
10-10-2008, 05:01 PM
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Not really sure...all gaskets involved with the cooling system are rubber or metal IIRC. It could have just been a little rust. Which is no big deal. Unless you see a lot of it and your coolant gets cloudy, I wouldn't worry about it all.
10-11-2008, 01:47 PM
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Where would rust come from? Rust requires Iron to make the iron oxide. What part of coolant exposed system is made from anything but aluminum alloys?
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