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    Just pulled the cap off the radiator of my VY V6 to notice an accumulation of a brown sludgey substance on the radiator cap, inlet neck, and quantity test port. Car has not been overheated or anything, and runs well so i dont think its a H gasket. Also doesnt seem to be any water in the oil.
    Ive chucked in some pics aswell

    Any ideas?
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    99% sure it's just a poorly maintained cooling system. Really old coolant will turn brown and eventually turn into a sludge - Give your system a really good flush(or 3) and replace that rusty radiator cap with a new OEM one ASAP. If you want to do it right take your car to a radiator shop to have your system power flushed and your radiator rodded too, if you don't do this you won't be getting rid of all the sludge in your system.

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    Yeah it looks like the radiator has some green in it which kinda suggests to me that coolant is ####ing old and the radiator is getting really really dirty. Give the radiator a really thorough clean, flush it out a few times make sure to get all the hoses nice and clean.
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