Oil n water Dont Mix

[dbgud]

I have had my Golf GTI 8V for 3 months now, bought her dead cheap as wiring was all burnt out, this was all rewired and completed within 2 weeks and car was running great. now all of a sudden i have oil in the header tank, n lots of it. head gasket has been done, temp reading 90, any ideas? car has an ADY engine code?

[trog_nfs]

Oil cooler. Easy way to check is bypass the coolant by fitting a couple of 90 degree elbows between the inlet and outlet hose. Dump all the coolant, and refill. If no water reappears, then the oil cooler is foobared.

[dbgud]

  I shall give that a try, this may sound stupid but im not much of a DIY machanic, where will i be looking for the water? plus if this is the fault is it expensive and/or difficult to sort?

 

[trog_nfs]

Sorry its my bad, meant to say "If no oil reappears in the bottle"

Its not too bad to do, its quite a common failure, especially on mk2s.

[dbgud]

Just another quick dumb question, do u mean the inlet n outlet from the engine? also where is the Oil Cooler found?

[trog_nfs]

I'd either get yourself a good quality manual e.g. Haynes or Bentley, or go to a mechanic you trust.

The oil cooler is a silver part of the front of the engine that the oil filter is attached to.
I mean the inlet and outlet on the oil cooler itself. I think its just rubber hose that supplies the water, so its easy to bypass.

Bear in mind if it is buggered, theres going to be loads of oil pour out.

[Wayne]

Oil cooler is a common failure

[dbgud]

hi there, done the oil cooler check you mentioned and now replaced that with a brand new one, car was running fine for bout an hour, now i have smoke coming from the head, smells like oil is burning and the car cut itself out? any ideas as this is really pee in me off?