Oil in my radiator?
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Oil in my radiator?
98 civic d16y7, replaced my head gasket and flushed the radiator but still getting oil in there, not over heating and running pretty good, no leaks or CEL, any ideas?
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Re: Oil in my radiator?
Its probably just residual oil left in the coolant system, radiator for the most part, Maybe if you used your heater core when you first had it overheating cause we all do that lol. probably got some in the heater portion of the heating system/core.
If so I would just cycle the heater alot while flushing a few times, and try to note how much oil remains. I would get worried if it keeps coming back, and if your not consuming oil I would suggest the above to be correct.
Just flush it some more
If so I would just cycle the heater alot while flushing a few times, and try to note how much oil remains. I would get worried if it keeps coming back, and if your not consuming oil I would suggest the above to be correct.
Just flush it some more
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Re: Oil in my radiator?
compression test it since its on the car. if you had the head machined that would have saved some headache cause they would shave it, and magnaflux it to check for cracks
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Re: Oil in my radiator?
It is more so that they are all close in range so if you have 155-160-165- and then you have 90, you know that last cylinder has some issues
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Seems like a lot of oil to me.
Did you do the headgasket yourself? Did you use a service manual? Did you torque down to specs, I guess you never had the head checked for straightness?
Did you do the headgasket yourself? Did you use a service manual? Did you torque down to specs, I guess you never had the head checked for straightness?
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Have you performed the compression test yet? Just because you changed the gasket doesnt mean it's fixed. As stated before warped head, cracked block, or improper install of gasket.
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Or just having a shop take care of it, never had the head checked out and used torque specs I found online, my manual didn't have anything about a head gasket
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Re: Oil in my radiator?
Did somebody PUT oil in the radiator by accident? Drain/Flush the cooling system and refill with fresh coolant.
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Ok I will do that today, no one put it in to my knowledge but I didn't flush it completely and it was running good but oil still got in there
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