[Vwdiesel] oil in coolant - not headgasket?

[mikitka]

Changing out the oil cooler if it like the one on my 91 jetta is really
easy. You just have to take the oil filter off. Then take the flat, not sure
of the size, 22mm maybe, don't hold me to it, that that nut off and
disconnect the coolant hoses that go to the cooler and then just pull it
down. You might want to take the hoses off before you take the nut holding
it on loose. That is about it.  I'm not the best at stating directions
hopefully you get the idea. It really isn't hard to R2  (remove & replace)

Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Neil
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:12 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] oil in coolant - not headgasket?

Do I have this right - oil in the coolant is likely to be from a bad oil 
cooler, not so much from a leakey headgasket or bad head?

This might be pretty good news....  one of my '81 1.6 nad rabbits has oil in

the expansion tank, but no other symptoms - starts  ok, runs ok, etc...

So.. how would I test for a bad oil cooler?; what's involved in changing one

out?

Thanks,
Neil




previous message:

I expect Loren will jump in here, but I'll offer a few
ideas.

Look at the base of the oil filter. There should be an
oil cooler there that has coolant lines going to it.
When it goes bad it will let oil get into the water,
at least in my experience. Ours always have more oil
pressure than coolant pressure at that point - I've
never seen the coolant get into the oil.



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