Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:30:29 -0500
Reply-To: Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bob Donalds <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: coolant in oil
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pressure testing the system would give you a chance to look around under the
valver covers without dealing with hot exhaust pipes and such. You would
need the adapter to mate up the bottle to the tester
What did you use to seal the head nuts?
I have have always used factory sealants on clean dry parts and checking the
inside of the head nuts for old sealant is a good idea.
A cracked head would more likley fill the cylinder or leak a mark on the
ground
my guess is a weeping nut under the cover good luck
Bob Donalds
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Willenbrock" <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:03 PM
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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