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Originally Posted by bxtech
Wayne.........Any more info on these engines mixing water and oil together? Have you heard about any common problem found for this symptom? Someone told me that the oil coolers commonly failed on these, but I haven't heard and I cannot find much about that. Wondering if this might be true? I have an '01 with mixing and am thinking about tearing it apart in the near future. The engine did NOT overheat and just started sucking in coolant one day.
Anyone else with info/input would be greatly appreciated as well! Thanks.
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I know of several ways this can occur:
cracked cylinder head,
blown freeze plug (but unlikely if not overheated) (seen this)
oil cooler failure, but in this case it seems that oil is in coolant, not vis versa.
spun bearing, which alters piston travel that collides with head that
opens gap in head gasket. (seen this)
there is a small rubber gasket between the two block halves that I have
heard can fail, and this causes intermix. I have not seen this, just
heard of it.
good luck with things
Mike