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Old May 24, 2005 | 10:09 PM
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Default Brown Slime in Radiator tank

Thanks in advance for your help, I have an 89 300 SE and in the top half of the radiator reservoir is brown slime, The bottom half and the rest of the cooling system is clean. Anyone know what that is?
 
Old May 25, 2005 | 01:48 AM
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Default RE: Brown Slime in Radiator tank

from the engine crankcase.

was it oily rust?

such kind of thing might clogged the radiator.
 
Old May 26, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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Sleepwalker, This slime is just in the top part of the reservoir. The rest of the system in clean and green. Someone said that it comes from mixing differing anti freezes. What you think?
 
Old May 26, 2005 | 11:07 PM
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i often see this kind of slime, but didn't find out the cause.

after flushing and cleaning, it seems to disappear.
 
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