AS topis says...my friend asked me to check his car for me cause he saw creamy looking oil (brownish) in the radiator and resv. bottle.

I automatically thought it was the head gasket but then i check the dip stick and that oil was ok...so i thought to check the oil cover and that was ok also...so i'm i'm stumpped...what could be the cause for the oil/water combo that reached the radiator...

 

most often it is a blown head gasket, i have seen them when compression was perfect, nothing int he oil OR coolant, except occasional exhaust bubbles. perhaps there is an oil gallery that is leaking into the coolant since it is at higher pressure than the water...?

 

How long has he hadf the car? I've seen some of those radiator stop leak additives turn the water as you have described. I would thoroughly flush the coolant and refill, then you will know for sure if the oil is leaking into the coolant...

 

v4...has you said the compression is in tact and the car runs great...i was hoping it wouldn't be a oil gallery but it looks like it is boiling down to that.

Stew..the car is a 99 EX...He did a flush on the car 2 days ago, and the same creamy oil has built up again.

It looks like it's going to be a head gasket job...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92hybridAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">v4...has you said the compression is in tact and the car runs great...i was hoping it wouldn't be a oil gallery but it looks like it is boiling down to that.

Stew..the car is a 99 EX...He did a flush on the car 2 days ago, and the same creamy oil has built up again.

It looks like it's going to be a head gasket job...</TD></TR></TABLE>
I replaced a short block on a 98 a few weeks ago that was leaking internally. We verified that to be the problem by pulling off the oil filter and presurizing the oil system with compressed air. Antifreeze slowly come out of the radiator.

 

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I replaced a short block on a 98 a few weeks ago that was leaking internally. We verified that to be the problem by pulling off the oil filter and presurizing the oil system with compressed air. Antifreeze slowly come out of the radiator.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So the short block had a crack in it somewhere? Never seen that on a normally driven F22/23...

 

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I replaced a short block on a 98 a few weeks ago that was leaking internally. We verified that to be the problem by pulling off the oil filter and presurizing the oil system with compressed air. Antifreeze slowly come out of the radiator.</TD></TR></TABLE>

that would be the 4th 6th gen i've heard of / personally owned in the past 3 months with pretty much the same problem. not very confidence inspireing

sounds to me like there may be a problem with the early F23 blocks. i guess 4 is only like .0000000000000000001% of the accords out there, but a cracked block on a daily driven, non abused car is kind of serious in my mind.

 

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sounds to me like there may be a problem with the early F23 blocks. i guess 4 is only like .0000000000000000001% of the accords out there, but a cracked block on a daily driven, non abused car is kind of serious in my mind.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yea, ive seen a couple others. But it's nothing like the 1998-2001 trannys. And they probably only make up less than 1%.

 

did the head gasket over the weekend..lot of work...

i am going to flush and seal the radiator and also flush the oil...and see if the problem still exists..,

Didn't see a visible crack or indentation on the gasket for a leak...weird

 

was he using water wetter...i've heard and seen of water wetter building up into some icky gooey ****...it's not harmful, but just makes you get all scared and stuff...

 

This is the road I just walked down. Bought a used Accord a few weeks ago...seller showed up with oil in the cooling system. He went home, did the head gasket job...delivered it to me, and 2 days later I found oil back in the cooling system. 1 short block later, I've got a 2001 engine with 6K on the clock, and it's running like a champ. Thanks to jweller for the info he provided. Didn't change the outcome...but it certainly prevented me from losing my mind while I was going through the ordeal.

Good luck, and let us know how it works out. I'm very curious.

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BTW, the mechanic noted that there were no traces of fluids exchanging on the head gasket. It's too late to warn you now...but it's not a good sign if you don't see the failure point on the HG.

 

thanks for the heads up...

Well the latest update is that there is no longer any creamy oil in the car aftert the radiator flush/oil flush and radiator seal

I did this respectively and made sure to turn on my popwer hose in the radiator for about 30 mins easily to get all that gunk out...then drained the oil about 4 times...it may seem extreme but it worked and so far so good.

Thanks for the help peeps