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Omega General Help / Re: Oil in coolant but not visa versa
« on: 21 June 2020, 00:09:54 »Factory fitted response to poor coolant maintenance.
Change the coolant every four years and it won't happen. Never change the coolant and it's pretty much guaranteed.
Obviously once the cooler is changed, it takes about 25 flushes to get the oil out of the waterways.
If you're not doing it yourself, budget at least a day's labour. Takes a couple of hours to get cooler swapped out, plus sealant curing time plus flushing.
DIY and it's a couple of hundred in parts and time, and there is a few extra jobs to do whilst you're there due to common labour involvement, ie stripping the inlet manifold:
Thermostat, cam cover gaskets, breather clean, HBV.
Waterpump won't appreciate being soaked in all that mayo crap either, but that's a luxury rather than an essential and if you're stripping the front to get the water pump out, then you may as well do the cambelt if it's due.
Only got the car 6/7 months ago, so i'll just blame the previous old bastatd (even though I should have changed the coolant myself and avoided this pit)
I'll find myself a week off and start the task then. Havent got an outside hose so 25 cycles will take about 6 days in itself. Cheers for the help
