When I had this problem on my '87, someone suggested the oil cooler had gone bad (an internal seal of some sort). I replaced the oil cooler, and it hasn't had that problem since. David
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, lp wrote: > I had my engine rebuilt a couple of months ago. Ever since the rebuild, > there has been a little bit of oil in the coolant, just a skim or maybe a > thin layer of latte in the expansion tank. There is no evidence of water in > the engine oil. > > Can this be considered normal, ie, I am hoping that maybe this is a little > bit of oil that got into the cooling system & was left over when the rebuild > was done, and not a symptom of some problem. > > Thought I'd check the opinion of the list before I go talk to the rebuilder, > who I am otherwise happy with. > > > Lloyd > Vancouver, Canada > '84 Vgon "Moby" (back from the dead, but sl. greasy) > |
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