

| Subject: | Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!! |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:44:41 -0500 |
Michael; If your car is cold this morning (as in you haven't started it yet) start it up and shut it off in about 15 seconds. open the coolant tank and listen for pressure release. If you hear it, you've got a leak into the coolant system from the cylinders. If you don't, you've got a mystery. Jim On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote: > Just went to check the fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. �Only driven about 10-15 > miles since my kid came back from Spring Break. �Not noticing any probs so I > am blown away by this right now. What is my next step, please? Not noticing > any leaks under the vehicle. �Waiting for theoil to settle so I can take a > reading. �Just changes it before he left to Forida about 3 weeks ago. TIA > :-((( > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL AT 'Gringo' > 73 Beetle >
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