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It usually means you have a leaking valve cover gasket.
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What does a blown head gasket mean?
It doesn't necessarily mean a bad engine but with this mileage, you might as well go for a rebuild since if you just do the head it porbably will start using oil.
Why is my water mixng with oil and producing a yellow substance?
Assuming you mean engine coolant is mixing with the engine oil, you probably have a bad head gasket and or a cracked head. If you run that engine in that condition for very long, you will destroy the engine internals.
What does milky oil in your car mean?
There is water in the oil, it sounds like a head gasket. Remove radiator cap and start engine, if the coolant bubbles its a head gasket.
When antifreeze is mix oil what does that mean?
I'm not a mechanic / technician but I believe if antifreeze is getting into the engine oil it is because of a bad head gasket , or perhaps the head has warped
How does a Jeep 258 inline 6cyl head receive oil from the motor?
The heads are part of the engine. The head receives oil by way of the oil galleys (Passage ways) in the engine block and head. Oil is pumped to the head by the oil pump through the galleys.
What it means when their is water in the engine?
Water belongs in an engine. Now if you mean if there is water in the oil in an engine, this may mean that you have a blown head gasket. This needs repair before you drive the vehicle or it can do serious damage to the engine.
What does oil seeping from around the spark plug head while the engine is running mean?
Either the spark plug needs to be tightened or the threads have been stripped out. Also the rings are shot to allow that much oil into the combustion chamber.
What does oil around the muffler mean?
Your engines blown! 0.0 oh dear. You engine is burning oil. Not good. Get her to a shop.
What would cause oil to get into water in a 97 1.9 DOHC engine?
you mean there is coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant either ways sounds like a head gasket problem.
What does it mean when motor oil come out of the exhaust?
1. Over filled oil. 2. Time for a ring or head job. 3.Time for a new engine.
Could a cracked radiator make the water go into the oil line and make the oil look milky?
A cracked radiator will NOT put water in the engine and make the oil milky. A bad head gasket WILL put water in the engine and make the oil look milky. That does not neccessarily mean you have a bad engine. Have someone fix or replace the radiator and replace the head gasket. It could be a good engine for a long time yet
Why is Oil in radiator of 2000 Chevrolet venture?
Do you need to check two possibilites, one, check if the oil is from transmission or from the engine, if the oil is red,is from transmission and you need to replace radiator, if the oil if from the engine you got it a big problem, because the only way that the engine oil is inside the radiator is because the engine has a bad head gasket, that mean you need to repair the engine heads.
