Engine oil jelly-like

tom1979 · Feb 19, 2020

Discodevon said:
it”ll be alright mate don’t worry for the minute, can you clean the bits on the rocker cover with brake cleaner, then after that forte engine flush

yeah 45mins in the parts washer and it’s brand new. I was losing coolant but every time I checked I found a leak so assumed it was that. Then noticed my oil level high so assumed injector seals... but no fuel coming up and found the coolant in there.

Discodevon · Feb 19, 2020

tom1979 said:
yeah 45mins in the parts washer and it’s brand new. I was losing coolant but every time I checked I found a leak so assumed it was that. Then noticed my oil level high so assumed injector seals... but no fuel coming up and found the coolant in there.
Looking good Tom, maybe fuel cooler is weeping slightly causing it to go in the oil, or can that not happen?
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Henry_b · Feb 19, 2020

Discodevon said:
it”ll be alright mate don’t worry for the minute, can you clean the bits on the rocker cover with brake cleaner, then after that forte engine flush

Engine flush will do jack if coolant is getting into the oil

tom1979 · Feb 19, 2020

Henry_b said:
Engine flush will do jack if coolant is getting into the oil

That's what I was thinking. I would suspect the oil cooler but from what I've read it's always the other way around - oil in the coolant.

Henry_b · Feb 19, 2020

tom1979 said:
That's what I was thinking. I would suspect the oil cooler but from what I've ready it's always the other way around - oil in the coolant.

Yep from what i've read that is also the case.

Pulling the head on a TD5 isn't too difficult, the hardest part is lifting the head off without an engine crane

tom1979 · Feb 19, 2020

There's no oil in the fuel cooler so I wouldn't think so. We did do the head gasket around November time, I don't know if that's disturbed anything

tom1979 · Feb 25, 2020

Can anyone suggest any other causes of coolant in the oil? Thinking of just swapping the head

tom1979 · Sep 2, 2020

Just to update this, I fitted a tested and skimmed head about a month ago - problem solved. I got the old head tested and they found multiple cracks!

tilly2 · Sep 10, 2020

Thanks for the update, very few take the time...

Engine oil jelly-like

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