oil in antifreeze? 98 5.7L
December 22nd, 2010, 7:19 AM
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oil in anti freeze
only thing i can think of is if you have a trans cooler with lines going to the radiator ,the older car's and truck used to have a pancake cooler in the radiator that some time,s would leak oil into the radiator .
then the later models started coming with external coolers .
then the later models started coming with external coolers .
February 26th, 2012, 10:19 PM
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I would be checking the engine oil cooler if it has one in the rad or the trany cooler. I would not jump to the head gaskets. Check the simple things first. Is it engine oil or trany oil? It might be hard to tell if the trany oil is dark but I would suspect a cooler issue.
February 27th, 2012, 12:03 PM
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I don't believe a head gasket will allow water into the transmission.
Unless you drove through some water that was up to the vent or someone just poured water in through the filler tube, most likely sucking coolant into the transmission through the radiator. Only ways I ever heard to get water in the transmission. (if you have an Automatic transmission).
Unless you drove through some water that was up to the vent or someone just poured water in through the filler tube, most likely sucking coolant into the transmission through the radiator. Only ways I ever heard to get water in the transmission. (if you have an Automatic transmission).
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