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rust in my coolant

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Old Aug 26, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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rust in my coolant

ive flushed my radiator countless times and yet i cant get rid of this rust (or what appears to be) i dont know if the previous owner of this truck filled it up with hose water at some point, but it wont go away.. any suggestions on how i should handle this? i should add that the interals dont appear to be rust from what i can see on the top but i cant see very far.

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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 04:55 AM
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have you tired the anti-rust stuff that prestone makes as a additive? it is like $5 if i remember correctly. seemed to help my 80.
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Old Aug 27, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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well ive considered doing like a prestone cooling system cleaner. ive heard that works pretty well. http://www.prestone.com/products/coo...Treatments.php

or going to a radiator shop have having a power flush done. which is i guess is basically the same thing except its done with a machine.. even if i did put a new rad that wouldnt remove the deposits from the block passages and lines and id end up with the same thing all over again eventually.
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