What if i have engine oil in the radiator?

bye bye engine!


head gasket gone a well expensive repair


three choices


1 get it fixed - well expensive - still an old engine


2 factory rebuilt engine - well expensive- all the worn bits replaced + guarantee


3 drop the car like a hot potato b4 it stops altogether


i personally would go for option 3What if i have engine oil in the radiator?
What kind of oil?


If it is engine oil, you might have problem with blown head gasket or cracked head. If is red transmission oil and your car has automatic transmission, then you may need a new radiator.What if i have engine oil in the radiator?
well 3 thing come to mind, one blowen head gastet, are a crack blockare cil wall
I am afraid Carl B is right. Your head gasket has gone thus allowing oil to mix with the coolant. Although you may not notice a huge loss of power GET IT DONE. Otherwise it will cost you even more.





Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.





Cheers, Graham.
That's not good. You could also have coolant in your oil. You've got a possible blown head or intake manifold gasket, a cracked cylinder head or engine block. You didn't say what make or model of vehicle, so it's hard to be very specific.
Blown head gasket is the common problem associated with oil in the radiator. The real question is Is there water in your oil. Start the engine and let it warm up. Pop the hood and pull the oil fill cap. Is there white smoke coming out of there? Is there a milky residue in the fill cap? If so , blown head gasket.





Next question....Is it an automatic transmission? If so, the trany cooler on a lot of vehicles runs through the radiator. If none of the above is happening, it might be a blown internal transmission cooler.





GOOD LUCK
possible blown head gasket but ...





another thing to check is does it have an oil cooler line going from the oil system into the radiator thru metal and/or rubber and metal lines which run from near the oil filter to the radiator...





newer Cadillacs and others may have this...





if so the part in the radiator that the line feeds may have rotted and oil can enter thru this area (simular weird problem happened on a motorhome I was working on this spring)





get a compression test if it comes out good pull radiator and have a shop pull the tanks and check it





Walt
depends really


some cars have an oil cooler in their radiotor so it cools through the water could be just a small hole or slack fitting,


however more common is the head gasket,


the price of head gasket depends on what engine u have, straight forward engine on an older car shouldnt cost more than hundred pound





sorry no good news lol
Blown head gasket. Very $$$$.
Wrong hole.Try putting it into the motor next time.
then you probably have antifreeze in your oil....blowen head gasket