By the way. This Tutorial is incorrect when it talks about the SHIMS. The shims have arrows. The arrows should be facing the way the rotation of the rotor/wheel is going. The shims part should be on the trailing end of the pad. Sooooo... it should be at the top part of the pad not the bottom like th...

so should I just keep flushing it?

or do I really need to flush it out of the block?

coolant is a little brown

what is the deal??!?!?!?!?!

bad radiator.. pushing trans fluid into the coolant?

I do not Ok, so I drained the coolant from the radiator petcock... then I used a garden hose to pour into the coolant tank till it ran clear through the radiator... then I closed the radiator petcock and filled with coolant.... then I drove for 10 mins... and then got back and did the same thing aga...

Maxbaby wrote:^ +1... I said a few days ago to flush the system a couple of times... have you done it yet?

nope, I have been working long hours... I will do it this weekend

car has not had ANY issues at all but I will flush this weekend

any help guys???

So anyone have a write-up for a coolant flush for a 850/s70/v70 P1?? ok, so went back to the shop checked spark plugs... everything OK checked exhaust fumes... everything OK tested overheat... everything OK tested compression... everything OK coolant still at regular level coolant brown not milky n...

850FLA wrote:The Vovo coolant is brown. My guess is it mixed in with what was left in the block.

I have never put volvo coolant in

volvo shop put in green

I have always put in green



is there a good write up for a coolant flush?

Is it possible the shop used a "long life" coolant in the vehicle? If so, big nono to mix normal green/glycol coolant with that stuff. At least its a big nono if they didn't do a total flush of the cars cooling system (which, like you, I doubt they did). If not that, I might suspect the s...

i have drained the coolant in the radiator plenty of times before they replaced the radiator and refilled it. never had a brown coolant issue could it be a mix of the 50/50 that I put in and what they put in? I ran the heater for 5 mins yesterday in 85 degree heat... no weird smells and no change in...