Coolant in my oil

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07-30-2011, 03:39 PM

keaboi

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Coolant in my oil

Hey guys got a 94 v6 manual trans with coolant in the engine oil. Is this the sign of a blown head gasket? Also got white smoke coming out the exhaust. Could it be something besides the head gasket?

07-30-2011, 05:25 PM

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It's a head gasket DON'T run the car until you get it fixed coolant will kill your engine

07-30-2011, 06:55 PM

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Just pulled the spark plugs and it looks like coolant has made it to one of the spark plug holes. Im gonna check compression tomorrow

07-30-2011, 06:59 PM

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If you had coolant coming out of a spark plug hole there is not need to check compression you have a blown headgasket or cracked head. If you have alot of coolant in your oil start looking for a motor.