brown liquid in Crosswind 4JA1 Radiator

[coupeboy21]

Hi, I just bought a Crosswind XL last march and have been driving it daily with barely 3k km on the odometer, in my routine inspection, I noticed some brown liquid in the radiator, the coolant is green and had always been pure green previously. Any thoughts on this? I googled and the signs either point to an oil leak (head gasket) or rust. Also more importantly, this should be covered by the warranty right?

[StockEngine]

Hi, I just bought a Crosswind XL last march and have been driving it daily with barely 3k km on the odometer, in my routine inspection, I noticed some brown liquid in the radiator, the coolant is green and had always been pure green previously. Any thoughts on this? I googled and the signs either point to an oil leak (head gasket) or rust. Also more importantly, this should be covered by the warranty right?

Head gasket leak yan. You can smell it also. Observe white smoke at the tailpipe.

[coupeboy21]

Head gasket leak yan. You can smell it also. Observe white smoke at the tailpipe.

thanks sir, would this require a *shudder, top overhaul/general overhaul?

[niky]

thanks sir, would this require a *shudder, top overhaul/general overhaul?

Generally, a top overhaul. They'll have to diagnose it first to make sure that it is the gasket... but brown radiator fluid is pretty much a smoking gun sign of a blown gasket.

Should be covered by warranty.

[weisshorn]

Wala bang halong langis sa radiator water? Ang tubig bumubulwak na amoy usok? Kung ang tubig nabulwak, amoy usok, tumataas engine temperature sa stop & go traffic eh baka combustion leak dahil sa leaking head gasket. Kung brown ang kulay, hindi malangis eh possible kalawang lang. Pero kung parang mantika sa itaas ng radiator water, hindi nag high engine temperature eh hinala ko may leak ang oil cooler.

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[coupeboy21]

Wala bang halong langis sa radiator water? Ang tubig bumubulwak na amoy usok? Kung ang tubig nabulwak, amoy usok, tumataas engine temperature sa stop & go traffic eh baka combustion leak dahil sa leaking head gasket. Kung brown ang kulay, hindi malangis eh possible kalawang lang. Pero kung parang mantika sa itaas ng radiator water, hindi nag high engine temperature eh hinala ko may leak ang oil cooler.

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UPDATE mga sir, am scheduled to have it checked in the casa later this week, just discovered it yesterday am kasi. Checked it again earlier today, strangely enough, walang trace of any brown liquid sa radiator (upon opening the cap) started the engine, looking for bubbling or bubbles, wala naman. the smoke emission is transparent on idle, stepped on the gas, black smoke comes out. It smells smokey, as far as I can tell. the temp remained at regular levels, i.e. middle while in traffic. the coolant is moving about, swirls a bit but not violently (but I suppose that's due to the water pump)