Why is there coolant in my oil?
If there is oil in your coolant or vice versa, it generally means there is a failure in one or more of your engine’s gaskets or seals. Your engine is designed so that there is one system that controls engine oil to lubricate your vehicle and another that manages coolant to keep your car from overheating.
Does oil cooler have coolant?
The oil cooler gasket is part of the oil coolant system and it’s designed to keep oil from leaking before it has a chance to perform its job in adequately lubricating the engine. Furthermore, it contains the oil properly so that the oil can be cooled and re-circulated through your engine at the optimal temperature.
Why does my ISX motor have oil in the coolant?
Cummins ISX motor has oil in the cooling system. Oil cooler failure will not always result in coolant in the oil but always oil in the coolant. other causes of oil in the coolant are trans cooler leaking (if you have one) Bad head, head gasket The only way to check that is remove head and have it checked by a head shop.
Where does the oil go in a Cummins ISX?
Where the oil leaves the filter head and goes to the block through about a 1″ diameter hole the gasket seeps right there. All around the pass through is the coolant jacket. When the engine cools down the metal contract and oil seeps through to the coolant.
Is there any coolant in the oil tank?
In the past few moths I did 2-3 oil analisys and everything was great, no coolant in oil. Oil pressure it’s ok, water temp ok, coolant level with engine cold about 1/2 of tank with engine hot full tank and some coolant in the left side of tank.
Are there any turbo problems with a Cummins ISX CM871?
If it is buried in soot, and it will be, at 250k+ miles, it is, at the very least, costing you fuel mileage by now, or at its worst, causing turbo problems, power loss, hesitation in the acelerator, and/or excess soot problems. You will get turbo actuator alarms long before you get alarms for this sensor being cloged.