Radiator/Water Pump issues???

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ganma_ca
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Ok so I was playing around with my cooling system today. Opened up the radiator cap and noticed what seemed to be like I'm not sure but a kind of brownish not exactly mix in slight bits of my coolant. (thinking oil maybe). But anyways I know the standard bleeding procedure with the bolt and what not to get the air bubbles out. So I noticed the top hose was hard(no jokes please!!!) and the bottom one was limp(again no jokes!!!) Felt like hardly any fluid was getting to it. Clogged radiator possibly????? Water pump crapping out???? Not sure wanted to get some opinions. (Think might be clogged rad. but not sure)1 thing is for sure is it seems like there in not so much flow at all!!! Scary thought.... :ohno:
Thanks guys :mike


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Sounds like somebody put barsleak in it. I'd flush the system. Are you having any cooling problems?

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ganma_ca
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Well the heat will jump up real quick like 10-15* above normal op. temp sometimes, but then a few minutes later cool back down.....


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