Alright so I checked my radiator fluid and it kinda looks like its mixed with oil of some sort. Its like a puke pink color... What could be the problem??.. any ideas

Some cars run a pink coolant. So, it might be nothing. If your car however isn't designed to run it, it could breakdown your coolant system. Flush it out, run the green stuff at 50/50 mix and go from there. Check your oil. If your oil has a chocolate milk color to it, you've got a blown head gasket. Or if you see like specs of brown in your oil... there's a problem there too. My honest .02 is that whoever had it before you did, put the pink antifreeze in it.

last time we had a zx2 come into jiffy when i worked there it took the glycol, the green stuff. pink is toyota.

Not always. My sisters Cavilier uses the pink.

chevy is pink , if you took it to jiffy lube maybe mike cleaned your oil stick in your coolant tank (sarcasim) , change your oil and your coolant, then change your coolant again in 2 weeks to see what the fluid looks like then, that will tell you whats going on.

Okay, thanks guys.

True story. And since Dan's sister is unbelivably hot, I am of the opinion that all cars should run pink antifreeze.

lol

Boo

lol

pink is bryan's favorite color

Well yeah, the best things in life are pink

Like your favorite lingerie you wear when you get lonely on Thursday nights?

You mean while you stay up till 4 in the morning chatting with him



Oh it's funny cuz sometimes it's true.

*not bout the lingerie part, well maybe but I don't know

here's how it works:
* there is the green stuff (glycol), then there is the orange stuff, (dex-cool)
* the automotive companies sometimes use a color pigment in their radiator fluid....so basically there's only glycol and dex-cool....
* the zx2 uses of course the glycol

just a side note...also as you indicated inis...chevrolet has changed over to mainly dex-cool at least in their newer vehicles, however so has dodge as well.

you cannot always go by the color of the coolant, i'd recommend testing the coolant to see if it tests safe. I also would most likely suggest the radiator flush.

As i believe inis suggested about checking beneath the oil cap, if you see some sludge build-up i'd recommend an engine flush which can be done a few different ways.

by the way, I to used to work at jiffy lube.

If you have any questions or concerns just ask me, glad to help however I can.

I used to work at jiffy lube to, I don't remember any Ford using pink crap. I've seen both Chevy and Toyota use it.

You know in Japan most of the Chevy vehicles say Toyota in thier titles.