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#1 phillrulz

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Posted 10 April 2018 - 05:16 PM

Evening all, just had my work transit towed away. Suspected head gasket failure / oil cooler . Have a look at this bad boy. Never knew a vehicle that takes "Black Coolant" 

 

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#2 nicklouse

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Posted 10 April 2018 - 05:36 PM

had that on my T4. if oil cooler then the pain is the cleaning out of the system

 

if head gasket the pain will be all of it.



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Posted 10 April 2018 - 05:50 PM

had that on my T4. if oil cooler then the pain is the cleaning out of the system

 

if head gasket the pain will be all of it.

 

Shes done 230k miles, was limp mode like month before last, fuel pressure sensor died. 



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Posted 10 April 2018 - 07:46 PM

From personal experience I would say with that amount of oil in the coolant!

the oil cooler. ( Retired Workshop manager for a large construction company 

running at the time 145 Transits)



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Posted 10 April 2018 - 07:48 PM

From personal experience I would say with that amount of oil in the coolant!

the oil cooler. ( Retired Workshop manager for a large construction company 

running at the time 145 Transits)

 

zebra being white with black stripes or black with white stripes, when is it oil in coolant vs coolant in oil haha



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Posted 10 April 2018 - 09:17 PM

From personal experience I would say with that amount of oil in the coolant!

the oil cooler. ( Retired Workshop manager for a large construction company 

running at the time 145 Transits)

I'm with Spraybeater, it sounds like oil cooler because with headgasket failure you usually loose water or it mixes with a bit of oil and starts to go white/cream as the oil around the headgasket is in most places not under pressure, in this case your reservoir is full of black oil so it suggests that the oil had been pumped into the coolant under pressure.



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Posted 11 April 2018 - 10:06 AM

on 230K is it even worth bothering to fix it?

 

Can bet the rest of the van is also pretty ropey.



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Posted 12 April 2018 - 05:34 AM

I had a focus that had suspected HG failure. Turned out to be the oil cooler. I bet you the oil will come out like water too.

When flushing the system, I've used washing powder. Takes a long time but you can get there.

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Posted 12 April 2018 - 10:03 AM

There is bleach in washing powder, not sure if that will effect the engine.

Not sure it really matters on an old transit?



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Posted 13 April 2018 - 11:09 AM

I had the problem with a Freelander TD4.  The pressure from the oil split the expansion bottle.  The garage used neat truck wash, and it took several goes to clear it out.  



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Posted 13 April 2018 - 12:10 PM

Neat Truck wash was always what we used, was also good for cleaning out Truck intercoolers

after Turbocharger failures!






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