Faded pink coolant after coolant flush

Crucifixzz · Post by **Crucifixzz** » Sun May 17, 2020 12:46 pm

Just made a coolant flush today using G13 40/60 dilution ratio. It was clear a pink when I ran engine at idle for 20 minutes or so after I finished the process; however when I took out for a proper drive, the colour in expansion changed from clear pink to faded pink (colour of aged coolant). I'm wondering what has happened with my car.

Before doing a coolant flush, I noticed rusty coolant so I decided to flush my coolant. I had the hose running for 10 minutes or so until water is clear. Then I started filling distilled water mixed with G13.

Roy_01 · Post by **Roy_01** » Sat May 30, 2020 2:23 pm

You could buy a testkits for head gasket leakage.

Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:23 pm

Maybe it’s diluted with what remained in the system which mixed once the thermostat opened and water from the radiator and heater matrix mixed?

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Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:24 pm

Maybe drain some out and top up with concentrate to balance the ratio out?

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Crucifixzz · Post by **Crucifixzz** » Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:59 am

I let the thermostat opened to make sure old coolant got drained. Coolant is still faded pink. No sign of rust. By the way, I did leak test once and everything is fine.

Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:53 pm

Maybe replace it with VW genuine long life coolant. [emoji848][emoji189]

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