Burning oil and loosing coolant
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Burning oil and loosing coolant
Ok so here's just a quick description if what's going on.
For the past year or so I started loosing a little oil which I noticed after doing oil changes.
It have progressively gotten a little worse I now loose/burn about 2-3 quarts every 5k miles.
Fast forward to about 2 months ago, car overheats and start loosing coolant. Now I'm loosing about a little more than 1/4 gal for a 30 mile drive.
When I full the radiator there is nothing in the water/coolant, doesn't smell funny, nothing.
No smoke or funny smell out of exhaust, thought it might be head gasket but it's weird that I have no signs.
I've looked numerous times and can't find a single leak. It's really weird.
Do you think it could still be the head gasket?
Don't want to open everything up before I have a better guess as to what it could be.
For the past year or so I started loosing a little oil which I noticed after doing oil changes.
It have progressively gotten a little worse I now loose/burn about 2-3 quarts every 5k miles.
Fast forward to about 2 months ago, car overheats and start loosing coolant. Now I'm loosing about a little more than 1/4 gal for a 30 mile drive.
When I full the radiator there is nothing in the water/coolant, doesn't smell funny, nothing.
No smoke or funny smell out of exhaust, thought it might be head gasket but it's weird that I have no signs.
I've looked numerous times and can't find a single leak. It's really weird.
Do you think it could still be the head gasket?
Don't want to open everything up before I have a better guess as to what it could be.
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Ok so here's just a quick description if what's going on.
For the past year or so I started loosing a little oil which I noticed after doing oil changes.
It have progressively gotten a little worse I now loose/burn about 2-3 quarts every 5k miles.
Fast forward to about 2 months ago, car overheats and start loosing coolant. Now I'm loosing about a little more than 1/4 gal for a 30 mile drive.
When I full the radiator there is nothing in the water/coolant, doesn't smell funny, nothing.
No smoke or funny smell out of exhaust, thought it might be head gasket but it's weird that I have no signs.
I've looked numerous times and can't find a single leak. It's really weird.
Do you think it could still be the head gasket?
Don't want to open everything up before I have a better guess as to what it could be.
For the past year or so I started loosing a little oil which I noticed after doing oil changes.
It have progressively gotten a little worse I now loose/burn about 2-3 quarts every 5k miles.
Fast forward to about 2 months ago, car overheats and start loosing coolant. Now I'm loosing about a little more than 1/4 gal for a 30 mile drive.
When I full the radiator there is nothing in the water/coolant, doesn't smell funny, nothing.
No smoke or funny smell out of exhaust, thought it might be head gasket but it's weird that I have no signs.
I've looked numerous times and can't find a single leak. It's really weird.
Do you think it could still be the head gasket?
Don't want to open everything up before I have a better guess as to what it could be.
not 100% with the mixture... But with our VQ's the problem tends to be a bit more than just mix of oil/water. It tends to send pressure into the coolant ports and pushes the coolant out of the reservoir. This is the problem I had.
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