Water Coolant Contamination Oil Detection and Removal Strategies

(flushed cooling system with 16L of coolant after the repair, ran tons of water through the reservoir) Replaced the radiator, thinking that ... Run the engine from cold to hot with the coolant cap off. Watch for bubbles coming up in the tank. If any bubbles you have a blown head gasket. Engine oil and engine coolant or antifreeze are not compatible fluids, and they should always be separate. Engine oil is diluted by coolant and its lubricative ... I'd say say flush the coolant with distilled water first the refill with 50/50 and you should be good to go. I second replacing both of the gaskets. Be sure to ... The water does not have to be moving from the jacket to the cylinder chamber for it to be a head gasket. The coolant can be moving through ... Since oil is lighter than water most of the oil in your cooling system will float to the top of your radiator or coolant overflow tank. If you see an oil slick ... There are really only 2 ways to get oil in the coolant w/oa cooler built into the radiator. They would be a bad head gasket or a crack, either in the head or ... Because, that's the only part of the car where the oil and coolant can easily intermix if there's a failure, that can easily be replaced. Any ... Coolant and oil mixing is a bad sign. This is because it usually points towards the failure of an important part in your engine/cooling system. An oil/coolant ... There are a number of things that can cause oil in your coolant. In this video, I will show you how to check the engine oil cooler on a VW ...