Funny colours in my coolant??

[STU666V]

When i was racing at the weekend i was checking my water levels and i noticed that theres something in the water? it,s like glitter

greens,pinks, reds?? Water did come out of my exspansion tank twice but i had just connected my heater up again and i was thinking there might have been air trapped in it some where? but don't know where the glitter coloured stuff came from? Any ideas?
Cheers

 

[Rishi]

The multi colouring could be Oil.. And the glitter could be shavings of metal from your engine!

I'm sure there is a better explaination though..

 

[steve963]

Lsd?

 

[Fast Guy]

Possibly oil leaking into the water from the factory oil cooler.

If the glitter is metal, it could either be corrosion or possibly bits of oil cooler (bit of a guess the last one, as not heard of it before, but anything's possible)

 

[STU666V]

Ok,
Thanks
Will check it out? The water is still nice and clean (green) but these parts are floating around, very small parts?