1983 Volvo 245 Repair Question
Topics covered: Coolant, Gas, Head gasket.
Mileage: 500 miles.
Mileage: 500 miles.
Asked on November 3, 2012
Volvo 245 Coolant Problem
My car has over 500,000 miles on it. There is coolant in the oil; there are whitish globs of gunk in the oil and on the filler cap and dipstick. There is also engine grime and small amounts of waxy off-gray slime in the coolant overflow/filler tank (specifically, in a ring on the inside of the filling hole). I am willing to do a good amount of work in order to fix these problems. I am pretty sure that there is a problem with the head gasket. What should I do?
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Replied on November 3, 2012
You probably have a bad head gasket that needs replacement. I am giving you a walk through diagnostic to help explain the situation. Ignore the fact that it is for a Chevy as this only pertains to the fact that it had an oil cooler that casued a problem that ppeard to be a bad head gasket. So ifnore the information on the oil cooler and the rest of the information will explain about oil in the coolant. Just use the link below to get to the page;
http://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-oil-in-coolant-or-radiator-gm-30-liter-v6
