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smokeyjpn221 Nov 25, 2009 06:47 PM

coolant mixing with oil
 
aight so my 95 ciera cutlass has been over heating like crazy for the past few months. i've flushed it a few times but every time i flush the coolant when i go to check the new coolant it's oily. my friend said it could either be a blown head gasket, or oil cooler. anyone know what's goin on? :confused:

rustyballs_69 Nov 25, 2009 07:39 PM

3.1L?
I would say its not the oil cooler because I don't think it has one. I would think blown head gasket or lower intake manifold gasket is bad.

smokeyjpn221 Nov 25, 2009 07:53 PM

yeah it's the 3.1L me and him are gonna do a compression test friday to see about the head gasket. and i guess we could just do a vacuum leak test for the intake manifold gasket?

rustyballs_69 Nov 25, 2009 08:12 PM

Yeah I'm sure a vacuum test would let you know. If you look under the throttle body and power steering pump you can usually tell. Right where the lower intake manifold, the block, and the heads meet. Right there is usually where you can see it leaking.

smokeyjpn221 Nov 25, 2009 08:33 PM

aight thanks for the help bro:D

rustyballs_69 Nov 26, 2009 03:30 PM

Hope you figure out what it is.


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