OK, we all know that oil in the anti-freeze, or antifreeze in the oil is usually a crack in the block, crack in the cylinder head, warped head, or bad head gasket.
Usually though, this results in what I refer to as oil emulsion stew in the oil pan, and occasionally some very small amount of oil residue might get into the cooling system.
I have always attributed this to the fact that since the antifeeze is under more pressure than the oil in an engine, the anti-freeze usually breeches the oil passages, not vice versa. I've wrenched a lot of cars but never seen it the other way until.........
My son comes in from outside yesterday morning and says "there's a puddle of goo under my car". I jokingly say "next time you come in at 2AM, come inside to puke, not on the street.....
When I went out to investigate sure enough there was a puddle of goo which had leaked from the cap on his coolant reservoir and the coolant reservoir itself was full of thick oil/antifreeze mix, popped the oil filler cap and creamy stuff in there also......what the heck?? I'm guessing cracked block but has anyone encountered this? And even if I long block the thing to cover the odds on both the block and cylinder head, how would I ever get the cooling system flushed sufficiently to put this thing back in service??
Admission.....this is not a Slant, but I thought it would make for some interesting conversation and you guys are my only wrenching buddies.
So in order to appease the moderators, my question would be....."has anyone ever encountered this on their slant?"