problems with radiator aswell as cooling systems

[h22sparkle]

Okay my car overheats just a tad bit. This shit is pissing me off becasue my radiator has little metallic flakes in it im not sure weather it needs to be flushed but somehow i think its not flowing properly. Ohwell has anyone else had these symptoms.

[FishyMan]

thats not good that it has flakes, maybe from water pump?? going bad?

[jdm91cb]

yeah sparkle lil flakes not a good look flush it then see if there any flakes left if so i would say the water pump also i remember i had a corolla like that and it was the pump but then again u got the turbo

[williamsvt]

flush it dude, that might help and/or check your water pump

[br0nx finest]

My h2o pump took a shit, and the symptoms were overheating while being stopped and cooling down while moving at above 30mph.

Also, I didn't see any radiator fluid moving across when I opened the cap, and I even poured more in there but I'm assuming a bad pump would not allow it to flow at the top.

[Granite CB7]

Also, just to confirm sparkle, you're using a Civic style "half radiator", I'd assume a slim-fan of some sort, and you do not have the thermostat in. Correct?

I'd say flush out the entire system and go from there first.

[h22sparkle]

i do have the thermo in

[aero]

Yeah, drain all the coolant, fill her up w/water, circulate it for a minute.. drain that, and to be safe, do it again. Then refill with coolant/h20 and see what happens. Is the rad new? and how old is the water pump? I saw somewhere someone had a picture of a water pump, and the fins were completely corroded away. Are the flakes more silverish or goldish? I know the water pump is more goldish in color.