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after having broken timing belt fixed, head rebuilt, axles replaced and now
the latest. Me and friend needed to replace the pcv valve and when we
finally found it, it took us quite a while and we replaced the oil pan
gasket in the process. We then noticed a leak, just a few drops. In
checking it out, it appears to be oil in my radiator. I drove the car
home and checked the trans and the oil, neither appear to have water in
them. The only reason I checked the trans was, I am use to the old cars
with automatics having the trans lines running through the bottom of the
radiator. Does anyone have any idea why and how oil could get into the
radiator. Pleassssse help, thank you

Blown head gasket is one of the most popularly cited
causes.

You just had the head rebuilt, so that might be related to
same.

"WI15" <dbperky2000@yahoo.com> wrote
> after having broken timing belt fixed, head rebuilt, axles
replaced and now
> the latest. Me and friend needed to replace the pcv valve
and when we
> finally found it, it took us quite a while and we replaced
the oil pan
> gasket in the process. We then noticed a leak, just a few
drops. In
> checking it out, it appears to be oil in my radiator. I
drove the car
> home and checked the trans and the oil, neither appear to
have water in
> them. The only reason I checked the trans was, I am use
to the old cars
> with automatics having the trans lines running through the
bottom of the
> radiator. Does anyone have any idea why and how oil could
get into the
> radiator. Pleassssse help, thank you
>

A couple of ways to check for blown head gasket - with the car cold -
remove the radiator cap - make sure the coolant is full to the top of
the neck of the radiator - crank her up - if you see the coolant
jumping - you are getting exhaust into the cooling system. To figure
out which piston is leaking - pull the plugs - the one with the red or
green maybe yellow crap on the end of the plug is the problem plug.

If the engine did not get hot and warp the head - you should be able to
replace the head gasket without problems - observe the head bolt torque
sequence - amounts and so forth. Bummer to get to the end of a project
and find out it has to be redone - oh well second time is more fun - oh
does that include redoing engines?

IF you do replace the head gasket - when tearing it down - use an eagle
eye to try to find where the gasket failed - carefully check everything
for that location - a burr on the head/block whatrever. good luck

"WI15" <dbperky2000@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:46b9eb3c1b07e2cd0155792074162548@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com:

> after having broken timing belt fixed, head rebuilt, axles replaced
> and now the latest. Me and friend needed to replace the pcv valve and
> when we finally found it, it took us quite a while and we replaced the
> oil pan gasket in the process. We then noticed a leak, just a few
> drops. In checking it out, it appears to be oil in my radiator. I
> drove the car home and checked the trans and the oil, neither appear
> to have water in them. The only reason I checked the trans was, I am
> use to the old cars with automatics having the trans lines running
> through the bottom of the radiator. Does anyone have any idea why and
> how oil could get into the radiator. Pleassssse help, thank you
>



Oil in the coolant is common after a head gasket change. When you find it,
just slurp it out of the rad with a turkey baster.

If you are not experiencing any other symptoms and the oil presence does
not increase, then don't worry about it.

--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

I would just like to say thanks to those who responded to my problem. As
of now, it appears to be left over oil residue. I don't know why it took
a couple of months to surface, thanks again.