Please help, coolant in oil

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

If you arent consuming alot of coolant then you probably have been driving 
very short trips. When this happens moisture that is trapped in the 
crankcase is evaporated and condenses at the oil cap and breather lines.



Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA





>From: "andrew porter" <lothar@rochester.rr.com>
>To: "Robbie Cotner" <robw_z@yahoo.com>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Please help, coolant in oil
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:48:59 -0400
>
>1. Are you using coolant more than usual?
>2. Oil analysis would be able to determine the presence of coolant in the 
>oil. You can probably find this service at a truck (as in 18 wheeler) 
>service shop or lubricant dealer. Cost should be about $12 a shot and yes 
>ask how they need the sample (my dealer does best  in the midst of a warm 
>drain). Simple, positive and fairly quick way to get pointed in the right 
>direction. You could burn that much in exploratory gasketry.
>         Much luck,
>                 Andy
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Robbie Cotner
>   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:47 PM
>   Subject: Please help, coolant in oil
>
>
>     This is on my '83 1.8JH; rebuilt about 11K ago.  Head gasket replaced 
>about 3K ago(had to remove head because of broken exh. stud, not because 
>gasket was bad).  Recent compression test showed even 135-140psi across all 
>cylinders.  Absolutely no smoke from the exhaust.
>
>     When replacing the oil pump about a week ago I found a thin film of 
>coolant along the bottom of the oil pan, thin enough that it was 
>undetectable even by draining the oil, the only way I noticed was after 
>removing and cleaning the pan.
>     Now the problem seems to be worsening.  My crankcase breather hose is 
>full of ugly oil "milk"(coolant filled), but when I push my dipstick down 
>all the way to the bottom of the pan there is no coolant on the tip of it(I 
>push it all the way down after removing that plastic thing).  I removed the 
>valve cover and the oil in the head looks normal, great even.  What is 
>going on?  What should I do?  How can I test to see if it's the oil to 
>water cooler?  How harmful is it to drive with this little amount of 
>coolant in there?
>
>     Last but not least, when I removed the oil pan I also found a very 
>very small chunk of cast iron, presumably from the block.  From it's 
>appearance it looks like it was sheared off from overtightening a bolt 
>somewhere, but I'm not sure where.  Could it be a cracked/broken block?  
>Thanks in advance, please help!
>
>   -Rob
>
>
>
>
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