Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:00:36 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: coolant in oil
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On the water boxer, coolant usually gets into the oil one of tow ways. The
bottom of the cylinder liners or a head nut under the rocker arms is loose,
improperly sealed, or the stud stretched or broke. Since you just installed
the heads, I would look there. A failed oil cooler will usually result in
oil getting into the coolant as 40 psi oil will go into the 14 psi cooling
system easily.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jason Willenbrock
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: coolant in oil
Okay,
87 vanagon. I finished the head job and only ran the van for about 1 hour.
I then let the van sit for 3 weeks while i was on vacation. temps were well
below zero on some occasions while I was gone. Upon returning I looked for
noticeable head leaks and was to happy not to find any. I warmed up the van
a few times but did not drive it. Yesterday I checked the oil and there was
a lot of coolant in there. So I drained the oil. So all I can gather is 2
things. Oil cooler went south while I was away and upon returning and
warmung up the van it allowed coolant to get into the oil. There is no oil
in coolant BTW. The second thing is when I did the head job, the number 4
cylinder started to come out with the head< I was able to free it before it
got past the rings. The cylinder did get past the last ring But I was able
to slide it back into place. Could this be where the leak is? I am
guessing that I disturbed that oring that is located at bottom of cylinder
jug towards the block. I am hoping though that it is the oil cooler as that
would be the easier fix. Do oil cooler fail like that, and if so wouldn't
oil get in to the coolant and vice versa. To recap I only have coolant in
oil, not the other way around. Also would it be possible that coolant could
have got into the oil during the head gasket repair? pretty frustrated
here. what do do next?
thanks
jason
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