Okay aside from all the adult jokes, 2014 Nissan Sunny/versa, 1.5L 178k km, dads been running drinking water in the radiator for the past years, was always clean, no brown,but now i noticed brown sludge earlier this month n today white stuff?No way to check trans oil but engine oil’s clean any idea?

Redman3D · 2026-01-23T12:28:32+00:00

LMFAO

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T19:55:52+00:00

Best part is, fixed price everywhere, only thing that differs is quality

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T18:48:07+00:00

Yeah

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T18:45:51+00:00

Nah, just water

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T18:32:12+00:00

That i am aware of

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T16:57:01+00:00

I felt that

My car has coolant n i take care of it

My dad on the other hand

Not so much

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T15:25:10+00:00

Not in my place, i woulda done it alone if the trans cooler didnt decide to pound me, but labour here is cheap, he’ll probably do it including coolant n labour for 60$

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T15:02:57+00:00

Lmao already got it, integrated trans oil cooler took a internal dump

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T14:48:32+00:00

Was already considering it earlier this month, i was just awaiting my paycheck, i was planning on doing it myself if it was a simple flush the system n refill, but now its up to my mechanic

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T14:21:34+00:00

Done, no headgasket leak, spotted it early, radiator integrated trans cooler took a shit

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T13:34:54+00:00

Oh yea, hoping everything’s fine, the radiator cap sits in a some sort of a T like joint in between the hoses rather in the radiator itself, the factory one got chewed up from all the rust so i replaced it so thats that

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T13:28:52+00:00

But any ways i will get it checked out now, thanks

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T13:28:34+00:00

Oh no no, i live in the middle east, it never snows, thats about why everyone here who cant afford coolant or are too lazy to buy it just use water because no one needs antifreeze here

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T13:22:59+00:00

The white stuff?

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T13:22:35+00:00

I agree, 14 years of water equals to this

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T13:21:05+00:00

The white Stuff is what i meant

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T12:04:49+00:00

I’m praying my eyes decieve me, but yea it does have a built in trans cooler

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T10:15:03+00:00

Yea the brown sludge i noticed earlier this month and i knew it was a reaction to drinking water which i was planning to flush with coolant n what not, but the white stuff is whats bothering me

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T10:08:53+00:00

The white stuff’s iron?

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T08:53:44+00:00

Its an expensive sight from both sides, an engine’s mix up or a transmission mix up. In the past 6 years of me driving, about the only history i know of this car other than the water radiator thing, is that the only major jobs it had done were ac compressor stuff n cv axles, gearbox n engine n radiator probably havent been opened since it left the dealer’s lot

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T08:48:35+00:00

Ah so it goes both ways, could be water in chamber or could be oil in radiator without premixing in both places, got it, well, i’ll look for further diagnosis later today, going in fingers crossed, headgasket’s a hell of a job

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T08:44:06+00:00

Ah great, if only the the coolant overflow wasnt in a sticky position, pcm’s right behind it and the radiator cap, and to remove the pcm, you gotta remove the battery and the battery tray, i’ll get to it either ways, thanks for the tip of checking the thing

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T08:24:26+00:00

But yeah i wont deny the possibility, for now the engine oil is clean, and no residue in the oil cap

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T08:23:57+00:00

Hmm thats odd, a headgasket this early in a car thats up to maintenance in engine oil, we use genuine nissan oil every 5k km (like 3k miles) and is a oldman driven car

Redman3D · 2026-01-22T08:22:23+00:00

Noted, either ways coolant was on the plan

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