Need some help!

Within the past two days my 4runner started to blow lonly cold air at idle while the heat was full blast while the engine is warm, but thenn I drive and rpms go 2+ it'll blow the hot air. So yesterday I checked my fluids, oil looked perfect, I topped off the anti freeze because I thought the heater might just not have been getting the fluid needed. And today I go to drive it and I check the anti freeze over flow and the green anti has turned red?? So I didn't drive it this today, I recently seafoamed and it has been running GREAT, so I don't think its a head gasket issue. It blows white smoke until it starts to warm up but it doesn't smell like its burning coolant and like I said the oil looks great. Any opinion are appreciated, thank you!
Sorry for the long post, im in school and I really need to get it running right soon as possible.


My thoughts are, clogged heater hose, the WP is on its way out, or there's a leak in one of the hoses allowing air to get in.

- Note: the radiator is only two years old and I have a tranny cooler.
 
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I can't offer any help other than to tell you to check other fluids like tranny and engine oil to see of they look strange. Perhaps that will offer a clue.
 
Coolant will turn red if:
engine has rust inside
red coolant is added(long-life crap)
coolant is mixing with red ATF
I recommend draining your radiator and see what comes out before you drive it more.
 
Now that I think of it a similar situation happened last year at this time, so I drained then the radiator and put new anti freeze in it. I was told it was just stuff from the new radiator and hoses but now I think it has something to do with the heater and its lines?
 

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