What is your question?
·
·
What is your question?
no overheat, no drivability issues either. I just happened to check the coolant and the reservoir was full of chocolate sludge. My engine oil leaked in to my coolant somehow. I have drained the coolant and the coolant looked new other than about an inch thick of oil sludge floating on the top of it. How do I clean the coolant reservoir and the entire cooling system of all the sludge that is stuck to the walls of everything, ie. hoses, recovery tank, radiator. Am I going to have to replace it all or is there a way to clean it? how can I verify if the oil cooler is the problem and not a head gasket Thank you
2 Replies
Remove oil lines from radiator, block one line fitting in the rad and put low air pressure into the other fitting, coolant will bubble if oil cooler is bad! May need to take it to the shop for this and a combustion leak test If needed...not likely a head gasket on this pushrod engine!!......Ok, no pressurized oil flowing through the gaskets, as opposed to an OHC engine!
It's engine related not cooler You can flush it once oil leak into coolant is fixed
And you know this for sure without any testing?.. That pretty damn good!! I've been doing auto repair for over 40 years and ain't THAT good yet!
In time you will lol. My bad pushrod I thought of mention pressure test but guess I only remember seeing one which oil cooler separate probably was aftermarket, but why I thought oil cooler can't leak fluids with coolant. In defense on my phone I could not see any replies & didn't even think I submitted a reply cause just erased psi testing. Sorry Sir
thank you ! that definitely helps.
Sure thing!