[urq] Antifreeze in oil

[Buchholz, Steven]

... well, unless you're pouring coolant into the oil pan there's only one
way it will get in there ... a leaky head gasket ... I suppose a cracked
head or block can make it happen too.  Have you done a compression check on
the engine?

Funny, I was going to respond to your earlier post on just changing the
turbo to relate how projects like this tend to grow to be much larger than
you had ever imagined when you started.  In my case it was the broken EM
studs I found when replacing the turbo that had a very small oil leak in the
turbo bearings that led to me pulling the head off the engine.  The bright
side to this is that to my preference it is best to address all the issues
like this at once.  I would much prefer having to tear the engine apart
while I'm doing the turbo than to have to go back shortly after completing
the turbo to pull the head for a new gasket ...

All that said, be prepared to deal with cracks in the casting between the
valve seats and/or spark plug hole.  Before getting to far down the road
fixing them, make sure that you have evaluated them per Bentley.  I didn't
have a Bentley when I made this discovery, so I had the head reworked ... to
this day the head is still crack free ... 

Steve B
San Jose, Kaleefohnia (USA)
> 
> Last night I began pulling the task of removing the turbo on 
> my 81 UrQ 
> (thanks for all the tips everyone) and as I began draining 
> the oil I noticed a good 
> amount of antifreeze came out first.   I know thats not 
> usually a good sign.   
> The last time I changed the oil 6 months ago it had no 
> antifreeze in it, and 
> the antifreeze that came out last night was not milky or 
> frothy.   I have not 
> driven the car for 4-5 months. I did try to start with no 
> luck about 2 months ago.   What gives?