myfirstl322
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Hope you don't mind me asking here about a non Rangie.
It's a 2006 Pug Partner, Diesel, but no Turbo.
A friend mother believes she's been duped by a localish village garage,
She had a clutch 'repair' and a service done 3 days ago.
According to 'she', the owner mechanic was a 'shifty sort, lack of eye contact...bla bla.
Well, he told her that the head gaskets gone, pointing to the black slick in the coolant tank. In her mind she feels garage 'placed' dirty oil there for whatever reason.
Ok, anyway, I've had a gander and the tank is indeed black with oil, a look over the engine and it's not free of historic oil leakage, but I believe they may be from cam cover, no biggy.
She also tells me it did not use any oil, or water to speak off.
The oil is new and has no trace of water or emulsion, equally clean under filler cap.
(It did get hot once in the last 2 months she says, but it did no go into the red!! I will certainly check fan for operation and pop a new stat in. Rad looks mint.)
Long story longer, drained the coolant, removed tank and flushed it with degreaser, then a couple of rinses with fairy.
When I was draining the coolant I thought, aha, it's running clean......and it did until the last moment.
After a wee think, I should probably have removed the tank first, then drained the coolant, because it dawned on me slowly that the oil may not emulsify into coolant in the same manner that coolant will easily emulsify into oil.
My aim is to clean the coolant system of oil, refill and monitor the situation to see if oil reappears.
But in all my years I've only ever had coolant in oil, not oil in coolant, so question is, what do I clean the oil out WITH?
I'm thinking maybe very diluted fairy.??
If the oil returns then it's head off!!
Cheers Me Dears.
It's a 2006 Pug Partner, Diesel, but no Turbo.
A friend mother believes she's been duped by a localish village garage,
She had a clutch 'repair' and a service done 3 days ago.
According to 'she', the owner mechanic was a 'shifty sort, lack of eye contact...bla bla.
Well, he told her that the head gaskets gone, pointing to the black slick in the coolant tank. In her mind she feels garage 'placed' dirty oil there for whatever reason.
Ok, anyway, I've had a gander and the tank is indeed black with oil, a look over the engine and it's not free of historic oil leakage, but I believe they may be from cam cover, no biggy.
She also tells me it did not use any oil, or water to speak off.
The oil is new and has no trace of water or emulsion, equally clean under filler cap.
(It did get hot once in the last 2 months she says, but it did no go into the red!! I will certainly check fan for operation and pop a new stat in. Rad looks mint.)
Long story longer, drained the coolant, removed tank and flushed it with degreaser, then a couple of rinses with fairy.
When I was draining the coolant I thought, aha, it's running clean......and it did until the last moment.
After a wee think, I should probably have removed the tank first, then drained the coolant, because it dawned on me slowly that the oil may not emulsify into coolant in the same manner that coolant will easily emulsify into oil.
My aim is to clean the coolant system of oil, refill and monitor the situation to see if oil reappears.
But in all my years I've only ever had coolant in oil, not oil in coolant, so question is, what do I clean the oil out WITH?
I'm thinking maybe very diluted fairy.??
If the oil returns then it's head off!!
Cheers Me Dears.
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