You have a blown head gasket or a cracked head. STOP driving this car immediately or you will do serious damage to the engine. It will need the gasket replaced and the head checked.
You have a blown head gasket or a cracked head. STOP driving this car immediately or you will do serious damage to the engine. It will need the gasket replaced and the head checked.
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∙ 2007-10-03 21:05:41Wiki User
∙ 2007-10-03 21:05:41You have a blown head gasket or a cracked head. STOP driving this car immediately or you will do serious damage to the engine. It will need the gasket replaced and the head checked.
because you have a bad head gasket and oil and coolant are getting into the combustion chamber from the passages.
Coolant getting into the fuel or oil.
If there aren't any visible leaks, its leaking internally. The 3.1L V6 engines are known for bad gaskets. Is there oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil? Is there a tan frothy substance on the oil fill cap? If so, your coolant is getting into the oil.
If air or fluid was getting into the oil passages. Is the oil looking "bubbly" or "milkshake" like? Then coolant is getting into the oil, either by head gasket or somewhere else. If it smells gassy then fuel is getting into the oil.
You are getting water into the coolant. Most likely cause is a failed radiator/oil cooler. If the coolant level keeps reducing and transmission oil level keeps increasing then the above answer is correct.
There's a good chance that coolant is getting mixed in with your oil.
If you are only leaking coolant into the exhaust and use the type with copper in it, then yes, it should stop the leak. If coolant is getting into the oil or exhaust is getting into the radiator then no, none of them will do any good.
Oil is high because of the low density of the coolant.
Oil or trans fluid is getting in the coolant system. Have it checked out now. You can ruin lots of things by driving it.
Coolant is getting into the ATF possibly through a hole in the oil cooler
Two basic possibities: 1st The head gasket failure is between a oil pressure gallery and coolant. Since the engine runs 45 psi oil pressure and 17 psi coolant pressure it means you can see the oil in the coolant but the tiny amount of coolant in the oil won't show. It is there and it will quickly ruin your engine. 2nd The head gasket is bad to a comustion chamber, and what you are seeing is the crud from a bad burn in that cylinder, not oil that looks very similar. Either way it needs a terardown and new head gasket set.
Oil in the coolant tank indicates a head gasket leak.