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Oil in Coolant? 700

posted by  bitjockey on  Mon Apr 8 11:41 CST 2002
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Hey all--

Installed my 160-degree thermostat this afternoon. (Thats another question in itself... any side effects to running a cooler thermostat? Is it harming anything?) 'Course, I had to let the small amount of coolant that was in the upper radiator hose and thermostat housing drain down to my garage floor, where I had a small garbage can lid placed to catch most of it. Got the new stat in, backed the car out of the garage, and I noticed that when I went to empty the lid, there was the rainbow of colors that you usually get in gassy/oil kinda stuff, in the coolant. Rut roe... isn't this a sign of a blown head gasket? I know that I do have a coolant leak, but I'm almost positive its in the water pump gasket (a new pump and gasket are going on this weekend) and not the head gasket... I took some pictures of the S.S Valdez in the sun, and you can kinda see the oil in there. Take a look and see if you can see what I see. (Confusing enough?) :)

Pictures are here:

http://mtnloghome.com/temp/coolant/

Thanks

Robin
bitjockey@hotmail.com
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