Rice Krispies in my coolant?
I was taking apart the manifold this morning so I could get to my injectors. When I removed the top coolant line from the throttle body a bunch of little things came out along with seemingly normal and clean looking coolant. I can only describe it as feeling like soggy rice krispies. I was thinking it was corrosion but its squishes really easily. lol OK now that I sound like a complete idiot could someone please tell me what it is? I didn't find any coming out of the lower throttle body hose.
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have you done a coolant flush?? i really cant figure out what youre trying to describe.....
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Originally Posted by ivegonemad
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have you done a coolant flush?? i really cant figure out what youre trying to describe.....
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That's kind of...disgusting :lol:
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Originally Posted by CyberPitz
(Post 7231155)
That's kind of...disgusting :lol:
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goes great with the rice krispies descripition.....lol....i would definetly do a a complete coolant flush....thats rather alot of rice in there....
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sounds like someone used some kind of rad stop leak.
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Originally Posted by splatterbass
(Post 7231174)
sounds like someone used some kind of rad stop leak.
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Stop leak + new radiator makes it sound like to me it was overheated. Makes me think it was overheated then they got a new radiator to try to fix it, but that didn't work so they went with the stop leak. Just a random thought though.
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Originally Posted by My5ABaby
(Post 7231217)
Stop leak + new radiator makes it sound like to me it was overheated. Makes me think it was overheated then they got a new radiator to try to fix it, but that didn't work so they went with the stop leak. Just a random thought though.
Edit - If there was a blown seal wouldn't I have coolant in my oil? I did make sure to check for it. Also no smoke or sweat exhaust smell. Edit2 ( getting mad ) Before I flip out, this motor supposedly only has 5000 miles on it and the new rad was put on recently ( after the rebuild ). Is it possible the stop leak was left over from what ever killed the old motor? |
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What the fudge? Speaking of fudge... I want a bowl right now... Soymilk status ROLL BOUNCE
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haha engine coolant system in a can = rebuild engine!!!! eh i heard that story before.
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Looks like someone tried to add more rice for possible more horsepower...
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dang, I hope all goes well. Keep us posted :(
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ahahah, i got that story and those rice crispys.
3000 mile rebuilt(supposely), on my way home from the owners house i started blowing white plumes of smoke out my exhaust and found those babies floating up top. They stop leaked it just enough for me to make it out of the driveway -_-. There is no lemon law in NY for private owners..... |
Originally Posted by ivegonemad
(Post 7231168)
goes great with the rice krispies descripition.....lol....i would definetly do a a complete coolant flush....thats rather alot of rice in there....
Stop leak isn't very good. If it was covering up a problem, you'd have that problem now. But I'd guess the same thing. Maybe he had a leaky hose and poured the can in there. I've heard it described as rat poop before. Does rat poop look like rice krispies? |
Originally Posted by ericgrau
(Post 7233019)
Doood.... all that rice adds, like, 50 horsepower!
Stop leak isn't very good. If it was covering up a problem, you'd have that problem now. But I'd guess the same thing. Maybe he had a leaky hose and poured the can in there. I've heard it described as rat poop before. Does rat poop look like rice krispies? |
Don't use stop leak, it leaves a real mess in the irons. I used it for my jspec becasue they sold me a blown motor(www.jdmenginescorp.com). When we took it apart for the rebuild, the insides were gross, i had got the silverly metalatlic one. And when you rebuild the motor the engine builder should have cleaned insides.
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I agree that stop leak is for the lose.
I've heard an egg works too... why don't you try that? It works best if you add pepper too. The egg binds the pepper to... bah. /sigh It runs right? Run it with the filler cap off, and look for bubbles. If you don't see any bubbles at all coming up from your coolant, then I have a hard time believing that your seals are shot. Like someone said even if it is stop leak or w/e maybe it was just for a poor hose. They could be overheated, but you can find out. If you're still not sure after that then pressure test the coolant system overnight. |
Originally Posted by kontakt
(Post 7233732)
I agree that stop leak is for the lose.
I've heard an egg works too... why don't you try that? It works best if you add pepper too. The egg binds the pepper to... bah. /sigh It runs right? Run it with the filler cap off, and look for bubbles. If you don't see any bubbles at all coming up from your coolant, then I have a hard time believing that your seals are shot. Like someone said even if it is stop leak or w/e maybe it was just for a poor hose. They could be overheated, but you can find out. If you're still not sure after that then pressure test the coolant system overnight. My parts should be here by the end of the week. Then I can run it and check. I didn't see any sign of that junk until it was already apart. |
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