Used coolant: residue settled out of solution!!??

ECUPirate · 06-22-2002, 10:37 AM

Ok, a while back I changed out my coolant. Now, for some reason, my coolant was purple & opaque, not red. (I use WW & distilled water). It had been purple from day one.. hmmm. Anyways, I put the solution in a mason jar and I've let it sit for about a month. There is about a 1/4" of grayish white powdery residue at the bottom of the solution, and the liquid is a lovely shade of purple, and it's clear. What's going on?

chazz469 · 06-22-2002, 02:10 PM

Maybe the heater core wasn't completely cleaned out???

06-22-2002, 10:37 AM	#1
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	Used coolant: residue settled out of solution!!?? Ok, a while back I changed out my coolant. Now, for some reason, my coolant was purple & opaque, not red. (I use WW & distilled water). It had been purple from day one.. hmmm. Anyways, I put the solution in a mason jar and I've let it sit for about a month. There is about a 1/4" of grayish white powdery residue at the bottom of the solution, and the liquid is a lovely shade of purple, and it's clear. What's going on? __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

06-22-2002, 02:10 PM	#2
chazz469 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 150	Maybe the heater core wasn't completely cleaned out??? __________________ "I believe that the moment is near when by a procedure of active paranoiac thought, it will be possible to systematize confusion to the total discrediting of the world of reality" -Salvador Dali AMD XP1600+ @1790MHz and rethinking my cooling.... MAZE3 --> DD Cooler Cube --> Eheim 1048 512MB PC2700 DDR MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU 2x 20GB Maxtor in RAID 0 1x 30GB Maxtor --> WinXP GF3 Ti200 @ 240/499

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