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Diagnosing source of coolant in oil 850 1995

posted by  hikermtnbiker on  Fri Nov 30 01:19 CST 2007
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Folks,

I have a 1995 850 Turbo wagon with 186K miles. I have recently been losing coolant and noticed that I have white foam on the dipstick, but not on the oil filler cap.

How do I go about determining if this is a head gasket problem or a radiator problem, which I think are the only two ways that coolant and oil could mix.

If it is the head, how serious a repair is this ? I was hoping to keep a car a good while longer.

Thanks,

Chuck





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