GoldenBeaR6

Brand new to me '95 pickup, 4x4, 5spd., 22RE.

Changed the oil today, level and color looked good. Then, I checked the coolant - brown, brown brown. The level was all the way to the top with a little in the overflow tank. I think it was oil because it had a little rainbow on the top. No smoke or other signs of bad head gasket.

Any thoughts?
Chris

ydopen

Drain it- flush it -and refill it and run it for about a week then see whats up.

GoldenBeaR6

I drained it, flushed it, refilled it. I'll keep you posted.

gilby4runner

have you blown a HG in the past? A friends 94's coolant looked like crap due to not having flushed the radiator after a blown HG... just a thought

OSU4Runner

x2!!!

frodin1

It may just be rust junk from never being changed.

javadoody

isn't the color of the stock toyota coolant brown? if so, a little radiator rust with that should account for it.

86tuning

Stock coolant is red.

Milky coolant (like too much cream in your coffee) or milky oil = coolant/oil mixing.

This is from either:

1. head gasket
2. timing cover failure (from a failed waterpump, etc)

GoldenBeaR6

My stock coolant is green. Switch to red was later.

What's the best way figure out which problem it might be?
Compression test, coolant pressure test, prayer?