Does your oil have a cafe au lait appearance? If coolant is getting in there shouldn't it have that look?
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2013, at 4:40 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > You probably missed the part where I said, "Coolant overflow tank suddenly > empty; oil level suddenly way up past midway the UPPER red tab on the > dipstick - way above usual level half way between the two red tabs." 'Don't > think I need a finer analysis than simple deduction to know that the extra > stuff in the crankcase is the water missing from the cooling system." ;<) > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry T" <l02tur...@comcast.net> > To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] '91 350SDL bad news > > >> Cold be either - one "kinda of inexpensive" while the other probably very >> expensive as only a replacement head will do. >> >> <<But does water in the oil mean head gasket or cracked head? >> >> >> If the car has not been driven much in a while it could be condensation as a >> outside chance. Unlikely but when a engine is not allowed to warm enough to >> force evaporate condensation it will have a grey gunk around the oil filler >> at times. But if a Oil Analysis was done and water was found over more >> than one Analysis with lots of driving between testing it is likely a head >> or gasket.... >> >> Since you are adding water but cannot find a leak it's possible the water is >> leaking onto a hot part of the engine and steaming off before you find it... >> Happened to me on a Chev years ago. Water was leaking from a gasket >> onto the manifold and I had a very hard time finding it. Of course of a >> Analysis test is done it will tell if there is Glycol present... >> >> ;-) >> >> LarryT >> '91 300D >> >> >> LarryT >> On 7/16/2013 9:36 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: >>> But does water in the oil mean head gasket or cracked head? >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
