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Old 11-05-2024
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Default Coolant red gunk

I’ve been getting the low coolant warning light in my WG 2.7 CRD. When opening up the cap I see some gunk on the inside of the cap and the coolant looks pretty thick and gunky. It smells a bit funky. Reminds me of when I used chemiweld to get a few extra months of life out of my 94’ Honda accord after the head gasket went.

Is this normal? I’m the second owner of this car and I’m not sure what the previous mechanic put in it.

The WG does’t seem to be leaking coolant but the level is below the min cold line. I’m not sure what coolant to top this up with either (red, green, water?).