SAAB 900s pumping all of the oil into the water tank in a very short period of time
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For some reason, my SAAB 900s seems to be pumping all of the available oil straight into the water tank in under 10 minutes, forcing out all of the water and emptying the engine of the Oil.
We think it is an issue with the headgaskets but with the sheer amount of oil being pumped we are not 100% sure.
Do any of you have any ideas? We need to get this car back on the road ASAP.
could be a canal too mixing it, but most likely headgasket
Or your engine block is fucked.
Headgasket. Take the top off.
If it were a water jacket, water will be in your oil. Its a headgasket because youve got oil in your cooling system.
Happened to my S13, dont run it anymore or you risk overheating and warping components. Buy a rebuild kit and get started or plan for a similarly priced engine swap
lol Shiban it wont overheat, it will just seize because [i]all of the oil is in the coolant[/i] not the other way around.
Ugh the coolant passages and gonna be so gross and the hoses are toast and the pump is gonna be so nasty and probably the heater core is gunked, too. How lame.
Thanks for all of the suggestions but we have found the problem. We checked the Oil Cooler and noticed some corrosion on it. Once we cleared the corrosion, there was a quite large hole there. Also we found some contaminated oil within it.
You have an oil cooler?! Is it like a trans cooler where it's inside the radiator?
[QUOTE=clutch2;45107333]You have an oil cooler?! Is it like a trans cooler where it's inside the radiator?[/QUOTE]
my srt has an oil cooler infront of my radiator if im correct.
Actually nevermind. We checked it and even though some of it is corroded, it still holds a seal. Looks like we are back to square one.
[QUOTE=CubeManv2;45112591]my srt has an oil cooler infront of my radiator if im correct.[/QUOTE]
If that was corroded all the oil would just fall onto the ground, though. Hmm.
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