Oh No!

[Les]

HI All,
After over a week of trouble free motoring when it was difficult to find fault with my 03 1.9 Multispace,my stomach sank while doing my first weekly fluid check.Opening the coolant reservoir cap I was confronted by thick black oil in the coolant.There doesnt seem to be any water in the oil,and the exhaust is perfectly clear.Ill take it to the garage I bought it from tomorrow,hopefully its just a oil cooler problem.:eek: Very disappointing.

[Coco]

Sorry to hear that. Just be firm with the garage.

[crickleymal]

What oil cooler? As Coco says, stand your ground with the garage. I hope it isn't anything too serious.

[Les]

Isent the oil cooler between the oil filter and the block? I assume my engine has one as two water pipes go into the oil filter housing and they gargle the header tank when sqeezed.
Les.

[andy-womble]

Think you are right on this one Les.... Not a oil/Air cooler but an oil/Water cooler...

[Les]

Went to see my machanic this morning(well yesterday morning now)and when I told him about the oil in the expansion tank he dismissed it.He said 'Oh that will clear,oil was getting into the water thats why I changed the head and radiator'.He took a rag and wiped the oil off the surface of the coolant.Admittedly it looked a lot worse than it was, only a few mm,s thick.I dont know why he dident tell me to expect it instead of letting me make a fool of myself.Anyway I syphoned the header tank a couple of times myself and put in a litre of fresh coolant and all seems clear now(apart from a few rainbow streaks) even after a trip Moffat and a 75mph return journey via the A74M motorway.