Oil in Radiator?

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Oil in Radiator?
sjudd86 avatar
sjudd86
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I just bought an 88 s10 2.5l and the man I bought it from said that he had just replaced the head gasket. I have oil in my coolant and have no idea what this is from, I check the oil and there appears to be no water in the oil.. anybody got an answer for this?
LaidNeon avatar
LaidNeon
+1y
flush out the radiator & see if it does it again. might be left over from when he replaced the gasket
simple-pleasurez avatar
simple-pleasurez
+1y
X2. if he replaced the head gasket and didnt flush the rad it would still be there. either that or the head is cracked. my old truck had a blown head gasket and only had oil in the water.
aaskelvis avatar
aaskelvis
+1y
TRUE OR IF ITS STILL THERE, POSSIBLY BLOWN HEAD GASKET.
cookiemonster13 avatar
cookiemonster13
+1y
or bent head, find out if he had the head resrufaced or not. steel and aluminum heads can warp when a head gasket blows.
sjudd86 avatar
sjudd86
+1y
thanks guys, i put a new radiator in and flushed the engine 3 times and it looks like it fixed the problem, no more oil in the radiator, thanks alot!
drgginisuzu92 avatar
drgginisuzu92
+1y
flush cooling system