ok..I'm checking my oil it's full and clean light brown. Since it's summer, and getting really hot. I inspect my coolant reservoir and it's empty. My car has been sitting for three days so I thought there should be some in there up to the cold mark. After opening the coolant reservoir, there is some kind of blackish dirt at the bottom of it. Pretty extensive actually. I was concerned about it but I was on my way to apply for some jobs so I went ahead and filled the reservoir up to the cold mark so there would be no overheating. It only took about 200 ml to bring up to full cold. 1st question: should I be concerned about a leak since the coolant reservoir was empty? 2nd question: what about this blackish dirt at the bottom of the reservoir? Any ideas where it is coming from? is it doing any damage? I did have an oil analysis done posted on this board and no antifreeze was found in the oil 500 miles ago. oh, I did check the antifreeze in the radiator, it was full but was not a solid green color, it was a faded watery color. I don't know what to think, any suggestions?
I forgot to add, this is a 92 Mitsubishi Mirage 1.5 Liter engine. 111700 miles apprx. I had antifreeze flushed out and changed at 104k miles, but it was a year and a half ago.
[ June 13, 2003, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: Cutehumor ]
I forgot to add, this is a 92 Mitsubishi Mirage 1.5 Liter engine. 111700 miles apprx. I had antifreeze flushed out and changed at 104k miles, but it was a year and a half ago.
[ June 13, 2003, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: Cutehumor ]