old coolant is nearly clear

**Psyklops** · 28-03-2005 05:56 PM

yes thats right... I checked my coolant the other day, and it was basically friggin clear....about 8000 ks ago i put in Nulon coolant/anti freeze/anti boil...it was green...after the 8000 odd kms it went nearly clear, but wasn't overheating ..I changed it today for peace of mind, but are there any explanations for this....average brand of coolant perhaps? anyone had this happen to them too? whenever I have done coolant changes, the old coolant has always had greenish colour to it still, maybe with a tinge brown from rust in the system..but clear? anyone have ideas? (other than some smartarse replacing my coolant with tap water!)

**ECU-MAN** · 28-03-2005 08:46 PM

moral of the story, use Honda coolant

**PhatSol** · 28-03-2005 09:27 PM

I never had a problem with the nulon long life stuff...

**Psyklops** · 28-03-2005 09:30 PM

phatsol...how long did you leave it in for, and what colour was it when you drained it?
ecuman....might look into that....

**PhatSol** · 28-03-2005 09:37 PM

Mabey 10,000km? I haven't had the sol that long. But I ran it in the mirage much longer than that. When I drained the sol it was the normal colour, prehaps a little dirtier, but certainly not clear. Are you sure somone didn't top up your coolant with plain water?

**wynode** · 28-03-2005 09:51 PM

Just stick with the Honda stuff IMO

**panda[cRx]** · 28-03-2005 10:22 PM

at least it didnt look like THIS... this came out of my mates EVO3. u'd think if u had an evo3 that u'd at least look after it!

(ben would be proud of the coke bottle, diy styles yo)

the photo doesnt show just how BROWN it was

**PhatSol** · 28-03-2005 10:23 PM

Ewww yuck

**Psyklops** · 29-03-2005 09:03 AM

yeah I am the only one to have done coolant flushes on this car...maybe a bad batch of coolant?....I might email Nulon about this....it was pretty wierd, and unnerving to have put green stuff in...and then have clear stuff come out...makes me wonder about the stability of their product....metinks OEM will be the way to go...

**PhatSol** · 29-03-2005 11:53 AM

Yeah I guess I will keep an eye on mine and see what happens.

**garett** · 29-03-2005 12:05 PM

im about to change my coolant i was thinking of using the nulon consentrate
i have a b16a2 does anyone know if or where the bleed valve is cos ive looked a few times and cant find anything???