- May 21, 2007
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So I pull into my garage, pop the hood to check the oil and other fluids. I look down at my radiator cap and notice a choco color oozing out of it. Smells like oil and coolant mixed. At this point, I'm worried its the head gasket.
There wasn't any water in the oil, and it didn't smoke that I noticed. There wasn't any power loss that I could tell.
I bought the '99 Cobra at the end of November '06. Before I signed on the dotted line, I took it in and had it checked out. The test came back good. Only thing that worried the mechanic was a slight oil leak around the head on the driver's side in the back. But the compression test came back almost even across the board. I haven't had it tested for compression since this happened.
I have drained the coolant and the oil. Pulled off the oil cooler to clean it and inspect it. Could an oil cooler do this much damage? or am I hosed and have to change the head gasket ?
I tried to scan the forums about this problem so I didn't have to repeat a thread that could have helped me already. But, I wasn't able to find what I needed. Any advice or input anyone might have to help me fix this issue would help greatly.
Thanks. :SNSign:
There wasn't any water in the oil, and it didn't smoke that I noticed. There wasn't any power loss that I could tell.
I bought the '99 Cobra at the end of November '06. Before I signed on the dotted line, I took it in and had it checked out. The test came back good. Only thing that worried the mechanic was a slight oil leak around the head on the driver's side in the back. But the compression test came back almost even across the board. I haven't had it tested for compression since this happened.
I have drained the coolant and the oil. Pulled off the oil cooler to clean it and inspect it. Could an oil cooler do this much damage? or am I hosed and have to change the head gasket ?
I tried to scan the forums about this problem so I didn't have to repeat a thread that could have helped me already. But, I wasn't able to find what I needed. Any advice or input anyone might have to help me fix this issue would help greatly.
Thanks. :SNSign: