Timeline for I've got oil in my coolant but no coolant in the oil - Ford Triton V10 Motorhome
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| Apr 27, 2017 at 17:32 | answer | added | TomO | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 26, 2016 at 20:19 | answer | added | Moab | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 26, 2016 at 17:52 | comment | added | Ben | I've seen a badly over heated vortec 4.3 with a presumably bad headgasket and engine oil in the coolant owner opted to junk the car so it was never torn down to verify. | |
| Apr 26, 2016 at 17:20 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMechanics/status/725011755865395205 | ||
| Apr 26, 2016 at 13:33 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @zipzit - Most of the blown head gaskets I've seen have the coolant blowing out the exhaust. I cannot specifically point out a vehicle which I've worked on which has had oil in the coolant due to a blown head gasket. I've seen plenty which have had coolant leaks into the oil, though. If an aluminum head warps, this is what you'll find most often. This is due to coolant getting out of it's hole, past the head gasket, and into the valley. Most OHV heads don't have an oil galley through the head, I'd bet. They have oil through the lifter/push rod to lubricate the top end. OHC is another case. | |
| Apr 26, 2016 at 4:28 | comment | added | zipzit | One other note.. Its quite possible the leak is at a heat exchanger inside the radiator... I don't know that vehicle very well, I didn't think they have an engine oil cooler in the radiator. I'm pretty sure there is a transmission cooler in there though. Are you sure it's not transmission fluid in the coolant? (Hint: what color is the "oil"?) | |
| Apr 26, 2016 at 4:21 | comment | added | zipzit | Funny, everybody says that, and I've seen a whole lot of cars and trucks with this issue. Never ever is it a head gasket. Normally it's either a cracked head or a cracked block, usually caused by cold weather with improper antifreeze or by running the vehicle without proper amount of coolant or engine cooling fan issues. Has anybody on this forum ever seen a "blown head gasket"? And oil in coolant but no coolant in the oil just means that at the leak, the oil is at a higher pressure than the coolant. | |
| Apr 26, 2016 at 3:37 | history | edited | DucatiKiller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 26, 2016 at 3:35 | comment | added | DucatiKiller | sounds like a blown head gasket. | |
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| Apr 26, 2016 at 2:54 | history | asked | Jay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |