Before I start, I had a BAD coolant leak (replacing 1 gallon of Antifreeze every week). So I used the bars stop leak product in this link: http://www.barsproducts.com/PLT11.htm and the leak is completely gone, but, I have been running my car very little in the past few weeks due to other issues. My antifreeze is BROWN, like rust/dirt/sewage BROWN! It was green before this treatment. Should I flush out my cooling system and put in a 50/50 mixture of the good old green stuff and distilled water, or just keep running the car like it is? The history of this car is on the bottom (all maintanence done by me personally).
'93 ES300
I replaced the radiatior 4 months ago with a brand new one
I drained/filled my cooling system with the green stuff (Walmart Supertech All Makes All Models) and Distilled Water (50/50 mixture of coolant/water)
The leak developed a few weeks ago. I dealt with it, but decided to try Bars Stop Leak pellets as it was recommended to me by an O'Reily's employee (He said that when customers buy that they don't come back with a radiator leak, also said it was VERY popular)
Now the leak is gone, but my antifreeze is NASTY!
From what I've read up, this should go away after awhile. It's been a few weeks and it STILL looks NASTY! What I'm thinking is maybe I should flush the system and add some of the Bars Tablets as PM. What are your suggestions?
'93 ES300
I replaced the radiatior 4 months ago with a brand new one
I drained/filled my cooling system with the green stuff (Walmart Supertech All Makes All Models) and Distilled Water (50/50 mixture of coolant/water)
The leak developed a few weeks ago. I dealt with it, but decided to try Bars Stop Leak pellets as it was recommended to me by an O'Reily's employee (He said that when customers buy that they don't come back with a radiator leak, also said it was VERY popular)
Now the leak is gone, but my antifreeze is NASTY!
From what I've read up, this should go away after awhile. It's been a few weeks and it STILL looks NASTY! What I'm thinking is maybe I should flush the system and add some of the Bars Tablets as PM. What are your suggestions?