View Full Version : Oil in the radiator. HELP
As heading says, oil light came on pulled over checked dip stick none left(filled it up on weekend) Milky Oil every where under drivers side wheel arch and all over exhaust. Let car cool down tried to find leak, theres no oil in engine bay. Checked radiator and it is full of the same milky oil.
Has anybody had this happen or does anybody know what has happend
PLEASE HELP
Hj45er
16-10-2007, 06:09 PM
Either your head is cracked or your head gasket blown
beast2h
16-10-2007, 06:18 PM
or cracked liner or cylinder
Hj45er
16-10-2007, 06:25 PM
Are there any holes in side of motor find where oil is escaping sounds like major damage to motor
How hard is it to find out if its the gasket or a cyclinder or should i just take it straght to a machinic?
This is going to cost alot?
No holes just oil and water pissing out of my engine coolent container
fullmetaljacket
16-10-2007, 06:28 PM
could also be from the oil cooler, if you engine is fitted with one........it would help if you shed some light on vehicle and engine
Sorry forgot about important stuff Landcruiser 92 model 80 series engine is 4.5ltr petrol(1FZ FE)
mucktruck
16-10-2007, 07:34 PM
sounds like head gasket did you boil it:cry: if so you will have to get the head shaved to get it straight again:(
Was only 3k's from town so i just turned around and went home. If anyone else in my family had been drivin it they would have just kept drivin into town which is 30k's away
stets
16-10-2007, 09:11 PM
tow it to a mech m8, sounds like a head gasket, high oil pressure is highly likely the cause of the oil and coolant pissin out the overflow, needs engine check possibly overhaul and cooling system needs major flushing after all that oil got in there.
Thanks for all the advice
bloke76
17-10-2007, 01:46 PM
a compression test should give you a pretty good idea if you have blown a head gasket or cracked the head.
my brother has just blown a head gasket in his 80series, if thats all you have done it's only about 300 bucks for a VRS kit and 80 bucks for a new set of head bolts plus a few extra bits, should be well under a thousand bucks if you are handy on the tools and you will be on the road again (if it is just a head gasket)
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