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Oil in Anti-freeze 850 1996

Hello All-Well the old girl is having some more problems. Now has 296,000 miles on it and as some of you may recall, I had an issue with an overheat and warped the head. Had the head milled and checked for cracks and put it together this winter. Checked the block surface for warpage and no significant warpage on the block head-within the specs of my Haynes manual. Been having an issue with oil contamination in the anti-freeze and rechecked the compression and had 155 psi on all cylinders and 140 on #2. Dropped some oil into each cylinder and all went up to 190PSI. Some ring blowby but not bad for the miles on it. No excessive crankcase pressure. Plugs looke very clean. I just replaced the radiator due to a crack in the plastic near the upper hose. I was kind of hoping that this would take care of the oil into anti-freeze issue, but it did not. No anti-freeze is evident in the oil/dipstick check. I'll probably send an oil sample to be tested. Where? I don't know where to send it? Is it possible to have oil leak into the anti-freeze in the turbo bearing hub? Not sure where/what to check next. The car still runs very strong/faster than stink. Still fun to drive even with the 296,000 miles on it. Just replaced the drivers side axle/CV's and everything else is in good shape. Still gets great gas mileage!!! Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
LarryU






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