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Most of the time if you have water in your oil you ruined a head gasket. If they took off the cover it was probably the valve cover. If they could see the pistons they would have had to have pulled the heads off and they would know for sure and would have fixed the problem as it takes a while to get the heads off and you would be able to see a crack in the head they had just taken off. If you lost all the water out of the radiator and the engine overheated you might have cracked the head. Some good mechanics can tell by looking at the spark plugs but if you have water in the oil it is not a good sign, something is usually serious. Have it checked!
If you cracked your head, you don't need a new engine. You will either need to have the crack repaired or get a new or remanufactured head.
I was losing about a quart a month, then a quart a week, then a quart a day of coolant in a Chevy 350 (Suburban). It ran pretty rough, real hard to start. Sure enough, after removing the heads, the cylinders were full of water. Its a wonder it ran at all. The heads had little cracks in them. It seems the cracks get started, then slowly eat out the head gasket, then the leak gets bigger more cracks, more leaks and so on until the cylinders fill up with water.
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What is done when water get into the cylinder?
Assuming you mean coolant (not water), you probably have a bad head gasket or a cracked head.
What does it mean when you find water and antifreeze in oil?
A bad head gasket , warped head , cracked block etc.
What does it mean when you take off the radiator cap and there is no thermostat in it and it throws water out?
It means you probably have a bad head gasket or worse, a cracked head.
What does it mean if water boils back into overflow tank and car over heats?
It means you may have a stuck thermostat or worse, a blown head gasket or a cracked head.
What is it mean when antifreeze shoots from the top of your engine?
Your head gasket or cylinder head is cracked.
What would cause water in the oil?
Water contaminated oil will be white and milky. Oil that is very thin and light coloured could be caused by fuel contamination.
White frothy oil in your 1989 Cherokee Laredo?
sounds like you have water in your oil. it could mean you a cracked block or cylinder head
Can a bad radiator cause water to bubble in the cars reservoir?
No, this could mean you have a cracked head gasket and engine pressure has entered the coolant.
What does it mean when radiator overflow is bubbling?
The engine probably has a bad head gasket or a cracked head.
What does the aborriginal flag mean?
your a peanut head thats been cracked
What does it mean if you feel and hear a pop in your head?
it means you cracked your neck and thats it
What does white smoke coming from tailpipe of 2001 Saturn l300 mean?
Blown head gasket or cracked head.
