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marc1, Carrollton, TX, May 07, 2009, 13:22
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It was given to me. They started it up ab a year ago and it ran for ab 30 seconds and was leaking from most of the spark plug wells. I just got a quick chance to look at it yest and drained the oil. There was much water in the oil and it was milky.

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    Bret Bodas from RepairPal Test Shop, May 07, 2009, 15:49
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    Well the water in the oil poses a bigger problem. It could be the oil cooler, or a blown headgasket. It's starting to sound like someone had the head off of this car and didn't put it back together correctly. I've never seen the oil leak from the engine like your talking about unless someone had the head off and didn't seal it properly.

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