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[David Michael]

Hi Jim,

Only problem is that as much as she loved the car, my wife has lost faith.
So we bought just a big, fat, slow, lumbering, ugly, tippy, mushy Honda
Pilot. If I were to keep the Audi, then either the 98 M3 or 02 MCS would
have to go. A possibility, but not likely

As for your question - yes, I think its possible for the oil to leak into
the coolant and still pass a pressure test. But there is not oil in the
coolant. It seems that the coolant is going in to the cylinder (or exhaust),
but I can't figure out how....

Dave

On 3/5/07, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hey if it's a good car and you've thrown lots of $ into it and it's in
> otherwise in great shape, fix it!
>
> either way it's kind of a maintenance issue - given enough mileage the
> turbo and hg will need replacement. it's also a great opportunity to
> upgrade, if that's your thing. if you want to save $ and diy, swap the turbo
> and see what happens. that'll only cost you a few hours. a known good turbo
> would be cheap as well. or pull the turbo and have it looked at by a
> rebuilder?
>
> and couldn't the cooling system hold pressure even if the HG is blown
> internally - aka leaking from oil to coolant passages but not leaking to the
> outside world [which would be an obvious diagnosis] ?
>
> that may be a dumb question, the caffeine is still matriculating to my
> brain.
>