glamisrider951

Help!! ive change the head gasket twice now and i am still getting a leak into the oil and i cant figure it out

John Faughn

Was the head check for cracks ?
Then the heat exchanger on rt ft of eng block .
Possible that the head has bumped the gasket while assembly ?

glamisrider951

the head was checked for cracks and the head did bump the gasket the first time but not the second. i have been told that the heat exchanger going bad would put oil into the water not vice-versa?

woodrat

oil cooler leaks will put oil in your water. oil pressure is much higher than coolant system pressure.

feveree40

Yes, but when the engine shuts down so does the oil pressure. The coolant is still under pressure when the engine shuts down. The coolant system runs at 15 psi once everything warms up, and it stays there until everything cools down. I'd say have a look at the oil cooler.

glamisrider951

bump. i still cant figure it out i took the head in to get checked and rebuilt they said everything was fine.

marksmith

You check the oil cooler??



That would be my guess (assuming the head was put back on properly)

woodrat

true enough, I hadn't thought about it that way. Mine went at freeway speed, so there was little to no mixing of water in my oil, just the other way around.