You probably missed the part where I said, "Coolant overflow tank suddenly
empty; oil level suddenly way up past midway the UPPER red tab on the
dipstick - way above usual level half way between the two red tabs." 'Don't
think I need a finer analysis than simple deduction to know that the extra
stuff in the crankcase is the water missing from the cooling system." ;<)
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry T" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] '91 350SDL bad news
Cold be either - one "kinda of inexpensive" while the other probably very
expensive as only a replacement head will do.
<<But does water in the oil mean head gasket or cracked head? >>
If the car has not been driven much in a while it could be condensation as
a outside chance. Unlikely but when a engine is not allowed to warm
enough to force evaporate condensation it will have a grey gunk around the
oil filler at times. But if a Oil Analysis was done and water was found
over more than one Analysis with lots of driving between testing it is
likely a head or gasket....
Since you are adding water but cannot find a leak it's possible the water
is leaking onto a hot part of the engine and steaming off before you find
it... Happened to me on a Chev years ago. Water was leaking from a
gasket onto the manifold and I had a very hard time finding it. Of course
of a Analysis test is done it will tell if there is Glycol present...
;-)
LarryT
'91 300D
LarryT
On 7/16/2013 9:36 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
But does water in the oil mean head gasket or cracked head?
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