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    Default oil in coolant??

    im getting oil in my coolant ??? how is this?>?

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    HEAD GASKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    or your head is warped.. what happened?

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    HG

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    blown head gasket. guess what , theres coolant in your oil too

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    yeah its the head gasket.

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    Yeah head gasket. Sorry to hear that. It sux.

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    well i put down 270 whp at10 psi. at mainstream yesterday thanks to scottys awesome tunning and im raisen all sorts of hell could it be something else??

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    nope ^^^ head gasket sorry to hear that

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    Unless your head studs/bolts are a not torqued enough or you got a Cracked Head... or blown head gasket.


    I would try the head studs/bolts first, try it on a cold car....loosen and then retorque if anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by Annihilation
    Unless your head studs/bolts are a not torqued enough or you got a Cracked Head... or blown head gasket.


    I would try the head studs/bolts first, try it on a cold car....loosen and then retorque if anything
    If I were you, I'd just hope it was the not torqued enough or blown head gasket...definitely not the cracked head....

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    oh its a headgasket alright

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    what would cause the head to crack ? wouldnt the gasket go first?? and thanks to everyone on the info.or could i be getting head lift under boost?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vancem3m3
    what would cause the head to crack ? wouldnt the gasket go first?? and thanks to everyone on the info.or could i be getting head lift under boost?
    maybe

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    ^ possible but unlikely at only 10psi. If you have an aluminum head and run the wrong coolant you can put small fissures or holes throughout the head which may weaken it.

    In most cases its just a blown HG. A pretty simple fix if you have a helms and some basic tools. Are you getting any white smoke out of the exhaust?? Is your coolant level lower?? Don't drive it in this condition as you could overheat and warp the head for sure, or worse the block. You won't always have oil in the coolant and coolant in the oil it depends on pressures and other things. Usually if your HG is blown the resoivoirs level will not go down but the coolant will be going into the oil through the HG. So make sure to check your coolant level.

    I have blown many a HG.

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    yeah... i remember when i blew my first headgasket.. just like it was yesterday....

    car running hot, the heat not working... globs of oil in my radiator/reservoir... ah... those were the days.... wait... THAT **** SUCKED!!!

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    do you have an oil cooler on your car?

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    is the turbo okay? if so then its probably headgasket. I had my turbo bearings blow and i got a milky mixture out my bov. oil n coolant. if no turbo probs then its the HG

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    no no no man, you got it all wrong, its the gasket between the steering wheel and the drivers seat dog, you gota change that ASAP


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