The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Oil or Somethingin the Recovery Tank 700 1988

posted by  ken on  Fri Mar 29 13:30 CST 2002
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Thu Aug 23 15:20 CST 2001
[RELATED]

My son made a 6 hour drive home from college today and being the dutiful volvo owner I checked his oil soon after he arrived. The dipstick registered 2 quarts low (the oil had been changed within the last 3500 miles by me) and I was immediately curious. I looked underneath the car and saw no leaks at which time I checked the coolant recovery tank and noticed that the coolant was a milky substance. The previous owner had a problem with tranny fluid leaking into the radiator and ultimately had to replace the trany and the radiator. My sense is that this problem is likely due to the oil leaking into the radiator. Is this likely a head gasket problem? If so will it likely be a big deal to get it fixed? Thanks for any advice.

Ken






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.