It may be possible that your transmission cooler has blown, allowing the two fluids to mix.
Sounds like transmission fluid is getting in to your antifreze. Some types of antifreeze are normally red in color.
Red.
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Red,
Looks like a pinkish red to me.
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Gm Dex Cool or equivalent. The red color antifreeze.
new answer is basically your head gasket is gone and the oil is mixing with the anti-freeze because anti freeze is not thick and shoud never be thick. The base glycols used to make antifreeze are clear and colorless, the manufacturers dye them to the color that specified by the customer. The color itself means nothing.
Usually it's red, yellow or light green.
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'DEX COOL' it is red in color.
Antifreeze is typically green, but the newer stuff is "gold". If you're getting red liquid leaking from the radiator it's probably the transmission coolant line.
Dexcool or ornge antifreeze 5 year, red color, Hoat type, Not DEXCOOL.
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The 5 year red color
5 year, red color.
Red, 5 year, HOAT type.
My antifreeze is a tan color
Dex-cool it is orange-red color
5 year, red color, HOAT type. Do not use DEXCOOL.
It can make the color lighter, but this does not affect the antifreeze function.
It uses five year, HOAT type antifreeze. From Chrysler it is red or pink. Aftermarket brands could be any color.
The color of antifreeze that you use on a 2004 Ford Escape is green.
The color is green, that is the color of antifreeze that you need to use in your sebring.