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Technical Scudo 1.9 oil in coolant???

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Technical Scudo 1.9 oil in coolant???

Steo M said:
I've no idea what that means?
If there is an oil cooler on the Scudo, it's certainly not air cooled as there's no separate small radiator at the front of the engine, are you saying the oil is cooled by the coolant?
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Hi,
Many cars use a simple oil to water cooler in the base of the filter housing. commonly these are a separate unit sandwiched between the block and spin-on filter and are easy to replace. Sounds like you have one of these
 
Thefox said:
http://www.knowyourparts.com/technical-articles/coolant-hose-replacement-tips/
Read the section near the bottom about oil contamination!
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Fair doos mate, but do you have personal experience with this issue?


One thing that does ring true in that article is the mention of transmission fluid in the last paragraph, I know first hand that ATF / transmission fluid degrades O ring seals but i have no experience of it mixed within the coolant system.


I have only ever known hoses to blow due to pressure caused by the head gasket failure, I only comment on anything I have experience on it’s only fair to the OP
 
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This post started out as a worried member wanting to know if his head gasket was gone. We now gotta couple of alpha males having a sword fight with their willys.
Stay on topic guys & make it simple, either you know how to fix the problem from experience or you don't.
This forum is full of head wrecking posts telling you to try this & try that & all they do is cost you money & waste your time.
 
michael finnegan said:
Fair doos mate, but do you have personal experience with this issue?


One thing that does ring true in that article is the mention of transmission fluid in the last paragraph, I know first hand that ATF / transmission fluid degrades O ring seals but i have no experience of it mixed within the coolant system.


I have only ever known hoses to blow due to pressure caused by the head gasket failure, I only comment on anything I have experience on it’s only fair to the OP
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Yes I have seen this loads, I've been in the trade 20 years, I wouldn't buy a car that has had this fault. It's common on transit vans for the oil cooler to go and also some of the vw/Audi group cars. Rover k-series suffer with head gasket issues and sometimes the coolant can fill with oil, on-going over heating issues forever after that then the coolant hoses start to go really soft and burst.
The transmission oil article fault I've seen too, it's common fault on Astra automatic and I've also seen it on Honda. They seem to use a radiator that's internally split for the cooling system and auto transmission, when it fails inside like the oil cooler for engines then the two fluids mix.
Regards
Martin
 
Thefox said:
Yes I have seen this loads, I've been in the trade 20 years, I wouldn't buy a car that has had this fault. It's common on transit vans for the oil cooler to go and also some of the vw/Audi group cars. Rover k-series suffer with head gasket issues and sometimes the coolant can fill with oil, on-going over heating issues forever after that then the coolant hoses start to go really soft and burst.
The transmission oil article fault I've seen too, it's common fault on Astra automatic and I've also seen it on Honda. They seem to use a radiator that's internally split for the cooling system and auto transmission, when it fails inside like the oil cooler for engines then the two fluids mix.
Regards
Martin
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Have a read of this regarding automatic gearbox on Astra
http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co...c-gearbox-wrecked-after-radiator-leak.316546/
 
Steo M said:
This post started out as a worried member wanting to know if his head gasket was gone. We now gotta couple of alpha males having a sword fight with their willys.
Stay on topic guys & make it simple, either you know how to fix the problem from experience or you don't.
This forum is full of head wrecking posts telling you to try this & try that & all they do is cost you money & waste your time.
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Steo!.. I have first hand experience of vans running 20k with this problem so i questioned martin AKA thefox on his experience of the problems he claimed it would cause, he came good and provided hard evidence of potential long term problems.


All of this is relative to the OP, what did you bring to the table? that the there is no oil cooler! and to go spend money pressure testing etc. Very helpful mate
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I think you'll find that someone else advised a pressure test before me. All I advised was a second opinion. You & Fox then took over the post & totally over complicated it. The guy still doesn't know if his head gasket is gone. As I said, keep it simple.
 
Steo M said:
I think you'll find that someone else advised a pressure test before me. All I advised was a second opinion.
The guy still doesn't know if his head gasket is gone. As I said, keep it simple.
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when the OP = mickscudo was doubting the head gasket - I said it'd be cheaper to rule it out with a pressure test..,
I've had an issue with porous castings before... changed a good looking HG for a new one - same issue coolant into oil.:bang:

use a US developed engine block seal , and it fixed it..,:)

good info in the cooler seals.., probably the cheapest / simplest 1st thing to change.(y)
 
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