LT1559

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I found oil in my radiator last week and i assumed it was my head gasket. But I checked the oil dipstick and it was clean with just oil and no coolant. But my coolant resevoir and radiator had a milky dark substance which I know for sure is oil. A mechanic told me that the radiator was bad and the cause of the oil being in my radiator is from my oil cooler? I’m not sure and I haven’t heard of this before so I want to confirm this.

SSPerformance

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Dose your car has a powersteering cooler?

jaycenk

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You can have oil in the radiator with out having coolant in the engine oil. The above question is the more important one.

LT1559

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hmm I don't think it has a powersteering cooler. Thanks for the input.

LT1559

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Do the LT1's have a built in oil cooler in the radiator?

LT1559

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or is the oil cooler inside of the oil filter sandwich adapter with the "in" and "out" lines running through it?

speed_demon24

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Find a new mechanic.

rat93

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well the oil cooler is on the driver's side under the exhaust manifold w/lines running into the radiator... radiators corrode from the inside out and often leave residue that you may be mistaking for oil...have you replaced your radiator? have you flushed your radiator?

LT1559

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Where can I find a new oil cooler? I have not replaced the radiator but I did flush it.

ace3166

Usually oil in the coolant means bad intake gasket.