2000 Ford Windstar brown muddy water

2000 FORD WINDSTAR
116,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JAMIEW
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there is brown muddy water in the overflow tank of the radiator and when we first looked at this vechile to buy it the water overflow container only had about 1 cup of water in it and it was real brown i drove it and it never overheated i drove it about 10 miles but never even acted like it wanted to over heat what is the brown stuff could you please let me know
Jun 4, 2010 at 6:11 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

This is a mixture or old coolant, rust, sediment and general much in the cooling system, you need a to get this cooling system cleaned out and fresh coolant added.

mark (mhpautos)
Jun 4, 2010 at 6:49 AM
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