Reply to "not happy with coolant system :("

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The cloudy brown coolant comment sounds like you probably need to the flush the system.

It's easy to check the fans to make sure they are blowing into the radiator and not away from it. Just put you hand behind the radiator and feel for air being pushed thru. It could be something simple with the fans being wired backward. They will run whether the wiring is correct or not.

Since you are trying to check all your gates connections, I would kill two birds with one stone here.

I would flush the system first and then use a vacuum pump to fill the system. This is super easy and gives you the time to find leaks without the car being hot and also pulls all the air out of the system. I used this system from Harbor Freight and worked well. Cooling System Test and Refill Kit (harborfreight.com)

John

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