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A bad head gasket can do that or an engine oil cooler gone bad in the radiator. The year, make and model info would help.

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HEadgasket failure, internal oil cooler leak.


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What are the effects of antifreeze mixing into the engine oil?

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Have a 97 Saturn oil is in your antifreeze reservoir what will cause that?

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Intake gaskets have failed.

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