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Green coolant turned red??

VYMAD

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I've always used Repco green coolant for all my raddy flushes, etc. I've had the car six years and never put red coolant anywhere near it. I just checked the level before and it's turned a light pink colour. No coolant in trans fluid or vice versa, no oil in coolant or vice versa, all seems perfectly normal except for the pinkish coolant. Any ideas?
 

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Have you got a picture ? did you use repco coolant again ?
 

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it sounds like your radiator is ####ed internally, leaking tranny fluid into the cooling system

Dan.
 

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The radiator is only a couple of years old. No I don't have a photo, Edals.
 

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Has it got a strange smell?
 

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The trans fluid level hasn't dropped at all, it's always exactly on the full hole at the top of the cross hatches. Wouldn't the extremely high coolant pressure cause some coolant to be present in the trans fluid?
Tranny fluid is perfectly pink and as clean as the day I put it in (gets serviced every 40,000 k's)
 

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what does trans fluid taste like?

Tastes like trans fluid lol, if u get a leak on your driveway, you can tell if it's trans or engine oil, same with distasting coolant, I've known mechanics to do it, teacher at the mta teaches it. It's a quick easy way to know. Not saying drink a cup, just a taste on the tip of ur tongue then spit it
 
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