What does it mean when your antifreeze is a muddy color?

2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX
162,809 MILES
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TRICEE2804
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We use Dex-coolant its orange not green.
Apr 21, 2012 at 3:49 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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If you never mixed coolants, just service the cooling system. It is really dirty. It may take a couple flushes to clean it.
Apr 21, 2012 at 4:39 PM
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DJCL
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Have it serviced and pressure tested. The dexcool coolant is this car was known to get like that is the system went low and sucked in air .
Apr 21, 2012 at 5:27 PM
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