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Oil in the coolant
« on: 31 July 2008, 13:46:15 »
My 2.6 auto has an oil emulsion in the coolant tank, but there does not appear to be any emulsion under the engine oil filler cap, nor in the engine oil - temp guage goes up from usual 80 to 90-95 now

The HBreather Valve was changed last year, and I have not noticed any increase or loss of coolant when i check it.

Could anybody assist with possible reasons

Thanks
« Last Edit: 31 July 2008, 13:47:01 by driver115 »
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Re: Oil in the coolant
« Reply #1 on: 31 July 2008, 13:52:44 »
Are we talking oily residue or thick mayo type oil in the header tank?

Sounds from early description that it may be oil cooler failure related....but depends on what you define as "oil" in header tank.

More info on the header tank would help  :y
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Re: Oil in the coolant
« Reply #2 on: 31 July 2008, 13:56:24 »
sounds like oil cooler to me too.
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Re: Oil in the coolant
« Reply #3 on: 31 July 2008, 14:35:06 »
I would say oil cooler to.....and it wants doing before it clogs the rad and gooses the rubber coolant pipes.
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Re: Oil in the coolant
« Reply #4 on: 31 July 2008, 14:55:54 »
this might help; list of parts and part numbers for the job:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1211220529
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Re: Oil in the coolant
« Reply #5 on: 31 July 2008, 16:54:46 »
oil cooler gone old bean.
« Last Edit: 31 July 2008, 22:41:25 by chrisgixer »
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Re: Oil in the coolant
« Reply #6 on: 31 July 2008, 17:17:10 »
Please dont use the car anymore until you rectify the problem.

It sure does sound like the oil cooler tho :(
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Re: Oil in the coolant
« Reply #7 on: 31 July 2008, 19:30:19 »
sounds like oil cooler.

repair asap, as it will cause more trouble if left
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