oil in my rad....
Posted: Wed, 02/17/2010 - 11:37pm
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oil in my rad....
so i started it up and went for a drive, cam back and noticed steam coming outta my hood, i popped it and theres oil covering the alternator,ac pump, lower driver control arm,etc... i took the valve cover off and noticed the inside was a beige color so obv oil mixed with water looks like that, i take my rad cap off and the rad cap is covered in the same looking stuff.... PLEASE HELP!
sorry to break it to you but it sounds like your headgasket is toast if you have water mixed with your oil. Don't drive the car anymore please, your rod bearings will seize and you'll be looking at a full and expensive rebuild.
Now that doesn't explain why there's oil all over your alt, ac, control arm...have you spotted a leak from the oil line going to the turbo? Have you launched your car lately? I know that my transmission used to spit out some fluids out of the breather tube on really hard launches.
nope i fixed the tick which was the rocker... went for a 3 min drive kept it under 3.5 rpm all the way around then all this happend
oil in rad
1. headgasket
oil on belts etc
could be
1. valve cover gasket
2. headgasket
3. bad main seal
4. spilt oil from oil change?
did you change both head gaskets ??? i had the exact same problem. you didnt use my head that i sold you right ? . cause i did tell you its useless... only good for the parts inside it.
never took the head off :s
WAIT. don't assume it is the HG.
There is a possibility of it being the heat exchanger for the oil, near the oil filter.
How you go about diagnosing it though, I have no idea.
RNN14
could be at the turbine too
since oil and prestone is present.
have it check ASAP . don't drive it
try to find as rad tester and presurize the system maybe you will be able to see something leaking, listen carefully you probably heard it if its not ..
check your spark plug .. if one off them is colored really white or full of oil i would go for the headgasket.