Oil in Water

[rawyatt]

Hey guys, i have a 1996 gf8, manual and am getting oil in my water reservoir. It started a couple months ago and got to the point were it was getting quite a bit of oil gunk in the overflow tank and reservoir. So first thought was headgasket. Got into it and got them done about two weeks ago. Now the annoying part is, im still getting oil in my water. Could it be just the last of it coming out?(i did give the radiator and engine a good clean while it was out) Or could it be the turbo? Oil cooler? Any suggestions will be helpful:)

[Guest]

A fcked turbo cannot cause oil in water. How well did you flush cooling system and what did you use?

[rawyatt]

Ok thats good to know. With the block, i used a toothbrush to get everywhere i could, and degreaser. With most of the pipes, i used just a rag to wipe off what i could get at, and with the radiator, was a bit difficult, so i just flushed it with water for about 10mins

[rawyatt]

90% sure its getting worse. I can tick headgasket off the list but now thinking other things like oil cooler leak? Any ideas?

[loner]

What other symptoms do you have? Who diagnosed the head gaskets in the first place, and who replaced them?

[boon]

I'm gonna say headgasket. Did you get the heads checked for cracks and flatness before you reinstalled?

[Optical]

It can take a while for that sludge to work it's way out of everywhere. Ive had the same trouble myself despite intensive cleaning.

Def initially caused by HG leaks though

[rawyatt]

I diagnosed it as a headgasket as it was pushing oil firstly into the overflow bottle, then slowly more and more into the reservoir. Also when I left the car sitting for a couple days, on start up it would throw a big puff of white smoke. Couple weeks before, the car did get 3/4 hot on the temp gauge as a water hose came off. So I pulled the motor, got the heads skimmed and crack tested, gave the block surface a clean up. And put back together myself. No other symptoms, no smoke, no overheating, just oil sludge showing up in the reservoir.