Thanks for the confirmation. I am going to perform additional flushes but Justin did run a cleaner through it and drained the block. He saved my butt catching this. I’ll stay on top of it from now on.
Well, I just finished hooking up the Scangauge II on the steering column. Temps are hovering between 179 and 181 depending on town or highway driving with AC on. From what I’ve read, that’s pretty normal temps, would you agree,
Thanks for all the tips and guidance. Great pic of the red coolant with fins visable Will defibately jump on this. In the interim, no sign of increased temps but i bought a scangauge II today with solvefunctions mount to get true readings
I'll have to check the work order on the thermostat but youre right, Would have been the time to do it. So if I'm reading you right, you think the antifreeze looks good after 3.5 hours driving 70MPH and a week of daily driving? I guess a failing head gasket wouldnt have stood up to 3.5 hours...
Thanks for the input. It is the Red Toyota type . They took the radiator out last week when they cleaned it but probably did'nt rod or boil it if those are the correct terms. So even with red, i should be able to see fins?
No issue now, at least after only a week. Just wanted opinion from the forums on what they thought might be cause of sludge, incompatible antifreeze, water heavy mix causing rust or possible HG beginning to fail. Possibly this can’t be determined without a gas test. Just angling for experienced...
I’ll posted last week that I had some work down by Ozark Outfitters (great guys). While checking over the motor, they sent these pics of the radiator. Wow, although I check the oil weekly, I’ve obviously neglected checking the coolant. A local mechanic addressed deleting coolant flow to the rear...