Well, maybe a new motor is in order
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Well, maybe a new motor is in order Well, two months ago my car (01 SS M6) started dripping coolant from around the water pump. The car never overheated and only appeared to drip while cold. The car is currently my daily driver and with no time for repairs, I purchased one of those leak sealers that are powdered and put it in. Needless to say, the leak stopped, the car operated normally. Now I notice a thick coating of sludge in the coolant reservoir. It almost looks like the motor oil is mixing with the coolant but funny thing is that it rides on top of the collant instead of mixing up with it, you know like chocolate milkshake. The oil in the engine is nice and clean and I get no gunk on the oil filler cap.
There is no overheating at all, as a matter of fact, the fans in my car barely come on at all. The temperature gage stays on the middle of the scale at all times. Oil pressure is excellent in my opinion, it stays above 40 (per the gage) even while idling at operating temperature with the normal rise in pressure when the RPMs go up.
So, needless to say, I am in a conundrum. I just flushed the entire system and put fresh coolant in it to see if it goes away. I suspect that the sealer that I put in turns into this compound, whatever.
Anyways, I wanted to put it out there, oil in coolant but no coolant in the oil. Any other ideas will be appreciated.
regards,
Jim
There is no overheating at all, as a matter of fact, the fans in my car barely come on at all. The temperature gage stays on the middle of the scale at all times. Oil pressure is excellent in my opinion, it stays above 40 (per the gage) even while idling at operating temperature with the normal rise in pressure when the RPMs go up.
So, needless to say, I am in a conundrum. I just flushed the entire system and put fresh coolant in it to see if it goes away. I suspect that the sealer that I put in turns into this compound, whatever.
Anyways, I wanted to put it out there, oil in coolant but no coolant in the oil. Any other ideas will be appreciated.
regards,
Jim
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Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Miami, FL
Usually that sealer looks a lot like oil contamination, as above try fresh coolant first and see how it comes out. That sealer works for what it is supposed to do but it's nasty stuff.
Only other possibility of oil in the coolant and no coolant in the oil is an oil cooler leak on a liquid-liquid setup, and the LS doesn't have that system. Almost certain that your issue is the gunk you added and won't hurt anything.
Only other possibility of oil in the coolant and no coolant in the oil is an oil cooler leak on a liquid-liquid setup, and the LS doesn't have that system. Almost certain that your issue is the gunk you added and won't hurt anything.
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Brett Foote https://ls1tech.com/forums/15580367-post4.html
Also if your water pump was leaking, get it replaced.
