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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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Hi Folks,
I'm a newbee here, So, bear with me for a minute.
I've got a 98 RL and it's got oil in the radiator. There's no antifreeze in the engine oil or the trans. I think it’s the engine oil seeping into the coolant system because the oil level has dropped about 1/4 of a quart. The last thing I did was replace the oil with synthetic oil. That was a week ago.
I've seen water in the engine block and even water in a trans before, when the trans cooler line cracked in the radiator. But I've never seen this one before.

Oh, the cars not missing, it's running fine. Well, except for the oil in the radiator.

Any thoughts,

Thanks in advance
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Default Re: Oil in Radiator (qnealstevens1104)

i would check for a blown head gasket although acura's dont normally mix oil and coolant unless the head is cracked. if you have has access to a smog machine you can have them check to see if their is any h/c in the cooling system.
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Old Nov 7, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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Blown head gasket. I know. I had a MKIII supra
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 06:22 AM
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oil in rad......blown head gasket time for a rebuild
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