Spikers

Is my engine screwed?
Ls1

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Taxman20

iTrader: (11)

Is it oil or rust? If oil, you need to check for the problem and fix it. If its rust, its not uncommon on an Iron block. Just flush and fill.

Tracer Bullet

iTrader: (2)

Looks like some Dexcool sludge to me. My coolant looks pretty similar.

Spikers

Did I hurt anything? It's getting flushed tomorrow.

madmike9396

iTrader: (29)

Is it running hot ?

Spikers

Nope purrs and runs strong. Temps are normal

Spikers

This is the first time it's been checked since I've recently bought it.

madmike9396

iTrader: (29)

I wouldn't worry about it. Flush it and call it a day

Old Geezer

iTrader: (3)

Looks like oil/Dex mix. Doubt you'll get it clean w/ just a flush. More like flush w/ chem, then a rad boil, then??

R6cowboy

iTrader: (3)

If the engine still runs smooth and strong, then no, nothing is likely hurt. Flush it out, run it a few thousand miles if it runs normal then change the coolant again to help get it a little cleaner and to see how it looks.

Edit: by the way, don't use Dexcool anymore.

RockinWs6

Its dexcool trouble, you better find the reason you are running low on antifreeze. You have a leak someplace that is letting air get into the cooling system. The rusty looking crap is actually what is left after acid eats aluminum. Hot Dexcool + air = Acid. I had a similar problem, same look with slightly low water level. I found a water pump gasket barely leaking letting air get in as it cooled off.

Unfortunately once dexcool starts this its very hard to stop. I tried flushing etc and it continued to eat everything. I finally pulled everything apart, cleaned everything I could and replaced the rad and changed over to Propylene Glycol, no more trouble after that.

Spikers

Better pictures. And it's not running low on coolant?

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Paul Bell

iTrader: (9)

How's your oil level? Too high? When you do an oil change, any coolant in the oil?

Spikers

Oil is pretty dirty also had 3k on it already everything's normal just really dirty. Oil is burning like every other ls1

Darth_V8r

iTrader: (4)

Do you happen to have a power steering cooler? It would be attached in the middle of one of the big radiator hoses.

RockinWs6

Its low in the pictures you posted.......

Spikers

Prolly have a cooler since it's a ws6

Spikers

But curious as to what a power steering cooler would have to do with it tho