My car is a 98 Camaro with 129,000 miles. Car is in excellent shape. But today, I came out from the store to see brown fluid that came out of my radiator while I was inside...overheat I guess, but when I started it the oil pressure guage was low and would move up when I reved the car engine and when I drove home it would be normal (60 on the 120 scale). When I would come to a stop it would go to 40. Plus my car was overheating. I hear no wierd noises so I hope its just overheating?

Any Ideas onthe brown fluid? or the Oil pressure drop? I do use the "special coolent" that it recomends.

 

Overheating will cause the oil pressure to drop because the oil gets thinner as it gets hotter. Your real problem; however,is to find out why it overheated. The brown stuff in your radiator could be due to oil or combustion gases getting into the coolant, or it could be that you have bad coolant. In any event, overheating can cause serious engine damage, including warped heads. Have the coolant tested for combustion gases. If it comes out OK, then just flush the system out and put in new coolant. If it comes out bad, you have some serious engine problems.

 

wow, a lot of duplicate problems on the board -- install the Prestone flush kit and use Prestone super flush...