When I had this problem on my '87, someone suggested the oil cooler had
gone bad (an internal seal of some sort).  I replaced the oil cooler, and
it hasn't had that problem since.

David

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, lp wrote:

> I had my engine rebuilt a couple of months ago.  Ever since the rebuild,
> there has been a little bit of oil in the coolant, just a skim or maybe a
> thin layer of latte in the expansion tank.  There is no evidence of water in
> the engine oil.
>
> Can this be considered normal, ie, I am hoping that maybe this is a little
> bit of oil that got into the cooling system & was left over when the rebuild
> was done, and not a symptom of some problem.
>
> Thought I'd check the opinion of the list before I go talk to the rebuilder,
> who I am otherwise happy with.
>
>
> Lloyd
> Vancouver, Canada
> '84 Vgon "Moby" (back from the dead, but sl. greasy)
>