Oil in coolant :{

[wee bugger]

So i need to use van after its been sat for a month. Running fine prior to that and just was not required, so sat in drive. As it had been sitting, i stuck battery on charge, and checked oil (ok) coolant level in expansion tank (ok) and went to check level in header tank, and as i unscrewed dalek cap thick black oil came out.

know it cant be good, so what should next steps be?

not mechanically minded, so be gentle please

Thanks in advance

Wee

[Ian Hulley]

Engine type ?

Does it have an oil cooler fitted ?

Ian

[wee bugger]

oops.

1.6d

No oil cooler I know of

[Ian Hulley]

oops.

1.6d

No oil cooler I know of

Sorry, can't really help then .... sounds like a head gasket or the oil cooler/warmer if it was on a VW petrol inline 4 or wbxer with oil cooler but d****ls are out of my comfort zone.

Ian

[Oldiebut goodie]

There is an oil cooler on my 1.6D. Likely candidate.Check if you have a large lump of aluminium with connections to the water system between the oil filter and the gubbins attached to the block.

[wee bugger]

ok, cheers...had a look and yes i have the oil cooler. Done a bit more googling armed with this new info and finding plenty of related info. have a better look tonight

Thanks

[Oldiebut goodie]

'Gubbins ' is a highly technical term!

[Ian Hulley]

Common failing on Golf/Scirocco/Jettas which is same oil cooler as the T25 wbxer (possibly same as yours ? ) ours went on the Scirocco a few months back with the symptoms you described .... hence why I suggested it.


Here's the standard cross-range one for the cars mentioned above .. http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Oil ... geToLoad=1

GSF also sell them.

Ian.