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RazMan Member Since: 18 Nov 2011 Location: Essexshire Posts: 336 |
Very odd - is there any water in the oil? If there is you might see some 'mayo' in the oil filler cap Cheers,
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31st Jan 2012 1:01 pm |
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Andrew Lo Member Since: 09 Jan 2012 Location: Kuching Posts: 5 |
Nope, no "mayo" oil is as vicious as what i got fro the dipstick . no sign of water
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31st Jan 2012 1:08 pm |
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JST Member Since: 01 Nov 2011 Location: Lizant Posts: 1098 |
Are you sure nobody has topped up the oil in the wrong filler hole? To my knowledge the oil cooler does not go through the rad like on the old TDi Discos. John
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31st Jan 2012 1:23 pm |
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Andrew Lo Member Since: 09 Jan 2012 Location: Kuching Posts: 5 |
That is one of the possibilities, but the car was under my care all this while. but honestly I have no way of knowing when the oil entered the radiator. I only realise it when the leak started. |
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31st Jan 2012 1:33 pm |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
could be either head gasket or oil cooler leaking oil into the coolant,are you loosing water having to top it up a lot and does the oil level on the dipstick getting higher if so you will need to gararge vehicle for proper diagnosis rainy-city
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31st Jan 2012 1:42 pm |
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iain cooper Member Since: 27 Aug 2007 Location: north of Glasgow Posts: 1989 |
sounds like an over enthusiastic 14 year old son ( like I once was with my Dad's Ford Zephyr !!) Iain |
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31st Jan 2012 3:02 pm |
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Andrew Lo Member Since: 09 Jan 2012 Location: Kuching Posts: 5 |
Was losing some oil which was about the amount that leaked out
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31st Jan 2012 3:35 pm |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
Andrew you need to take your car to the garage to have them test it to see if there are any issues with the cooling system they should be able to do a cooling system pressure check to see if there is any problems with the head gasket this is a simple task they just connect a device to the header tank and pump pressure into the system come back approx 2hrs later if the pressure on the gauge is the same then the head gasket is ok and i would then check other ways oil can get into the cooling system.if there is a significant drop in pressure then it needs investigation by the garage to see where the fault is
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31st Jan 2012 6:34 pm |
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gusmagoo Member Since: 01 Aug 2011 Location: Southport Posts: 88 |
Oil will always settle at the upper most point in its travels around your cooling system if it is indeed leaking into it from somewhere. That would logically be the filler tank. The only time I have heard of this was with head gasket failure but it usually isn’t long before the engine breaks following that so I would get it checked out asap. Sorry I can’t tell you any more than that! 57 HSE AUTO with H.I.D's - Grey with Black leather. (H.S.E. Heightadjustable Seats Extra )
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1st Feb 2012 11:25 am |
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Andrew Lo Member Since: 09 Jan 2012 Location: Kuching Posts: 5 |
The LR Dealer has confirmed that it is the oil cooler and will replace it under warranty. To think that they need to flush the entire cooling system. they are also bambloozed by the whole thing .
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9th Feb 2012 2:41 am |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
i though it may be that. its not very common fault but with the engine running ok it was the only thing left rainy-city
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9th Feb 2012 7:52 am |
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hurrycane Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: essex Posts: 23 |
l had same problem with an audi peyrol engine,oil in coolant and thought the worse,took it my local garage who cleverly diagnosed oil cooler,new cooler,flush system and about seventy quid later all good,and a very relieved customer |
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1st Apr 2012 1:29 pm |
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Zajcol Member Since: 26 Jul 2011 Location: Warszawa Posts: 49 |
Could you tell us what was the final result? Has the service found out what was causing the problem? |
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23rd Aug 2012 7:43 pm |
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D99 Member Since: 08 Mar 2011 Location: UK Posts: 386 |
if it was head gasket or a crack in cylinder i would expect water in the oil too, hope it a nice simple fix for you. |
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23rd Aug 2012 8:18 pm |
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