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Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
I have the same car, and I wrote a book on the E36 which has the same engine. All of the cylinders are full of oil? That's really very odd. There are only a few ways I can think of oil getting into the cylinders:
- Past the rings (extremely unlikely)
- Through the spark plug hole (also unlikely)
- Through the valve guides (likely, but not for all cylinders at a time)
- Head Gasket (most likely). There are oil and water passages in the head gasket (oil to feed the head), so I would still bet on head gasket. Besides these last about 100K and then blow up. Still, oil in 100% of the cylinders - doesn't seem to add up. Although the oil dripping on the manifold, that's definitely head gasket symptoms...
-Wayne
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Wow... Thank you Wayne for your feedback, I should mention that my car is also a Touring like yours.
I checked from underneath the car and the surface between the head and the block is bone dry
. I thought forsure it was the head gasket that burped oil on the exhaust but it came from the valve cover gasket. So there was enough pressure in the valve area to push oil past the gasket.... VERY WEIRD.
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I thought the oil passages were near the corners of the cylinder head and closer to the cylinder walls was all coolant? I could be wrong but thats why I thought the head gasket was OK because there is no signs of mixing.
I also checked in the oil filter housing to see any signs of a major problem and everything looks perfect... nothing metalic.
the coolat level is still 100% perfect
Thanks again.. I really apreciate it.
