That looks like either casting sand or silicates dropping out of suspension in the coolant itself.
How long since it was flushed/changed?
Hi all.
Everyday's an adventure. :-)
Today, I found gunk in my coolant reservoir. Decided to check coolant, as my Madman's been showing very low temperatures (~65 C) and not really heating up much more. Not sure if that's related to the stuff in the reservoir, though.
Any ideas if this is oil or something else?
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That looks like either casting sand or silicates dropping out of suspension in the coolant itself.
How long since it was flushed/changed?
When was the last time you sacrificed a virgin or Toyota to the Land Rover gods of mischief?
Even a goat or chicken to the Lucas gods of smoke would help.
Jokes aside, I have a similar issue in my D1. I believe it can come from using tap water with a coolant mix. As there are lots of trace minerals on tap water, they can get together and form blockages etc.
"Dolores" my '97 model 300tdi D1 and "Donkey" my '20 RE Himalayan.
Previous: ‘00 D2, '04 110 wagon, '96 D1 and '95 110 ute, plenty of other bikes and cars too :angel:
If you didn't flush it soon after I'd say thats it.
I think the idea with those stop leaks is to use it for a short while, flush and use again .. or something similar to that sort of routine.
here's a couple of pics of what 'stop leak' end up looking like in your cooling system.
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Obviously they stop leaks .. and primarily because they stop flow all together!
You can see the small stone like grains and blobs in the less affected tubes of the upper part of the radiator.
Arthur.
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
They should change the name of that stuff from stop leak to stop cooling
Dave.
I was asked " Is it ignorance or apathy?" I replied "I don't know and I don't care."
1983 RR gone (wish I kept it)
1996 TDI ES.
2003 TD5 HSE
1987 Isuzu County
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