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Oil in Coolant? 700

posted by  someone claiming to be volvorod85 on  Tue Apr 9 13:41 CST 2002 [RELATED]

been there, done that...look in the expansion tank. if there is a brown film in the tank its a head gasket. my 85 b230ft was draining the coolant in the tank about every 2 months. another simple test is start the car in the morning, dead cold, and let it idle for about 15 sec. take off the radiator cap and note if u get any pressure escaping. there should be absoutly none after 15 sec. if u have even a little pressure, uve got a blown headgasket...when i did mine at 170k miles the gasket lookes pretty knarly. and i personaly think 160deg. is too cold i have a 180 in mine and it warns up in about 5 min. and runs cool all the time. remember, coolant can only go 2 places, on the ground or in the motor(oil, out the tailpipe). oil can only go 3, on the ground, out the tailpipe, or in your coolant.

BTW i didnt have any signs of coolant in the oil, just oil on the coolant.






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