Re: engine oil leak advice

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 08:53:38 -0800 "Shannon Fenton" <sfenton@amazon.com>
writes:
>Yeah Ive flushed the coolant system three or four times. When I first
got
>the car I blew the headgasket and didnt know it since all it was doing
was
>leaking oil down the back of the motor. It wasnt burning any or losing
>coolant or overheating for that matter. Then VW said the head gasket was
>blown, so I had it changed and they said the head was warped. So I had
it
>planed down and had it all put back together. Ever since it takes about
24
>hours of running for the coolant to turn black with oil. Plus it eats
>coolant like theres no tomorrow. Funny thing is there is never any 
>coolant in the oil? Shes a tired motor...211K and still pulling...


Sounds like the head gasket is still blown -OR- there is a crack in the
head and/or block -OR- the oil cooler/heat exchanger POS is failng. 211K
or miles?


Shawn Meze
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