# 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - dirty fluid

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-silverado-1500-dirty-fluid/152941>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, silverado1500\
**Created:** [November 17, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-silverado-1500-dirty-fluid/152941 "2019-11-17T10:47:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DanAnderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@DanAnderson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DanAnderson)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-silverado-1500-dirty-fluid/152941/1 "2019-11-17T10:47:25Z")

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I have a 2011 chev pick up half ton with 175000 miles.the fluid is dirty,I’m not sure what I should do DanAnderson

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-chevrolet-silverado-1500-dirty-fluid/152941/2 "2019-11-17T11:38:08Z")

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What fluid is dirty? Why wouldn’t you just change it?