[ihc] Rusty water

[Grant Cunningham <kd7jnw@xxxxxxxx>]

My wife's Scout II with a 345 has a problem that I haven't been able to solve.

Seems the only thing I didn't check when we purchased it a few years 
back was the coolant; after owning it about a year or so, I decided 
to flush the radiator. The water was extremely rusty, in fact there 
was sludge in the bottom of the radiator. I flushed it out, put in 
new coolant, and forgot about it - until the next year, when the 
water was again opaque with rust.

About that time, the water pump pipes developed a leak; after 
replacing them, I concluded that all the rust was coming from those 
corroded pipes. (I pulled the pump at the time and checked it - no 
rust at all on the impeller or housing, and I couldn't see any 
rusting in the thermostat well either.) I thought I had the problem 
solved.

Imagine my surprise on checking the coolant yesterday - it looks like 
mud again! How can I fix the problem?
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