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No oil cooler on this one.
Oil in radiator. (1 Viewer)
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If a cooling system has a lot of oil in it, I run it on water and dawn dish soap for a little bit and then flush it out and fill with coolant.
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Well...good news I guess. I checked compression on cylinders tonight and looks like they are all around the 140-150 range. That’s good right.
Have not tried any of the other suggestions. Was going to, but my son drove it to baseball.
So I just checked PSI while it was still warm.
Looked at fluid in radiator and it still smells like oil. But maybe just not flushed enough.
Have not tried any of the other suggestions. Was going to, but my son drove it to baseball.
So I just checked PSI while it was still warm.
Looked at fluid in radiator and it still smells like oil. But maybe just not flushed enough.
The compression seems fine. Head gaskets often fail in a spot that doesn't effect the compression, so that is possible.
But in your case I would be quietly optimistic.
Flush, run for a day, flush again ect. Just use water, dont waste antifreeze.
others might have advice on what sort of detergent flush to use if the oil is stubborn to shift.
I have heard that acid or caustic flushes are not recommended, so probably avoid those.
Washing soda [Sodium carbonate] is supposed to be fairly benign.
I used it with no problems.
But in your case I would be quietly optimistic.
Flush, run for a day, flush again ect. Just use water, dont waste antifreeze.
others might have advice on what sort of detergent flush to use if the oil is stubborn to shift.
I have heard that acid or caustic flushes are not recommended, so probably avoid those.
Washing soda [Sodium carbonate] is supposed to be fairly benign.
I used it with no problems.
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I will give that a shot this weekend. I don't have a problem replacing the head gasket, I guess I am more afraid of what I might find...lol
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Yes. A breach between oil & coolant system will put oil (60psi) into cooling system (13psi).
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So possibly it could still be a head gasket? (fingers crossed)
Or cracked head or block?
ugh
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Yes, possibly a breach between pressurized oil and less pressurized coolant. Best place for that is the oil cooler. If not there, then HG, cracked head, cracked block are all possible.
But first, the oil & cooling systems need cleaned out, filled with clean fluid and test driven to see if symptom comes back.
But first, the oil & cooling systems need cleaned out, filled with clean fluid and test driven to see if symptom comes back.
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I think Ige got that quote somewhere...
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haha, good one.
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Well since I do not have an oil cooler, I am going to get a OEM head gasket and replace that first. Thinking back to when I purchased it in December I was having backfiring issues. The carb was tuned for high altitude. I may have damaged the gasket at that point.
Anyone know a good place to purchase OEM head gasket?
I would hold off with gasket at least until you are sure it's the problem.
Unless you enjoy working on engines. I hate doing head gaskets personally.
Unless you enjoy working on engines. I hate doing head gaskets personally.
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try doing a pressure test on the cooling system. This will tell you if you have a leaking head gasket.
