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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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im going over my 92 highout put and my coolant is crap brown with some green lol, and on the dipstick it has a slight scale "rust" at the top. and the oil level is fine, dirty but fine and at the very tip it has a slight milky color, not the whole oil level. Im thinking i am going to run into problems ....am i correct?
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 11:36 AM
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Probably, how do the plugs look?
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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havent pulled the plugs yet, so im guessing these are signs of the HG going out?
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Old Jan 30, 2012 | 11:46 AM
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Yes, could be. Drain oil and cooling sys. Check for contamination. Also check plugs, whitish color means coolant/water is getting into cylinders. But milky/white oil means contamination with water ur coolant. You may have caught it soon enough since it was just a little white on the stick.
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