I just did a oil change 3 days ago and have been driving sense last Thursday afternoon, so all day friday and most of Saturday. This is a cheap fix that can cause head gasket failures.
#Oil in coolant reservoir problems install
This valve is not part of the original design of the CRD engine's cooling system and people install these to raise the operating temperature of the engine when the O.E. If there is indeed a thermostat valve in your upper rad hose, REMOVE IT IMMEDIATELY. thermostat and check to see if an in-hose thermostat valve is installed. If it releases pressure, then you very likely have a head gasket failure.Īlso on a cold engine, please pull your upper radiator hose off of the O.E. While I am certain that oil cooler gaskets do fail from time to time, the majority of situations that you are describing have been the result of a failed head gasket.ġ) ON A COLD ENGINE, start and run it for about a minute, then shut it off.Ģ) Open up the coolant reservoir cap. Is there any chance that - during an overnight stopover - you can perform the head gasket test? This is the first step you need to do before immediately suspecting the oil cooler gasket failure. why do you think it is the oil cooler gasket? when was the last time you checked under the hood and noticed that there was NO oil in the coolant reservoir? I am curious. That appears to be a LOT of oil in your coolant reservoir. Jeep is 2006 with 85k miles, gde tune, egr stage1, EHM all done when i purchased at 50k. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated. And then driving home to deal with it, although that would be another 33 hours on the engine. Is this something I can do in a parking lot? I have a standard set of sockets and wrenches(costco set). Also from what I have read that is about a three-hour job. The jeep has been running fine with no issues, so from what I have read would lead me to believe it could be the oil cooler gasket. I am about 6 hours from my destination, only to realize I have about a inch or so of oil in my coolant reservoir. I am currently on a road trip across the country.
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