Posted by ScottyHOMEy on December 12, 2008 at 21:12:32 from (71.241.208.102):
In Reply to: Oil in Super A radiator posted by Joe McGonigle on December 12, 2008 at 19:57:57:
There's fewer possibilities this way than the other way around (anti-freeze showing up in oil).
Easiest, simplest and least critical is a head gasket giving out. Replacing it involves (naturally) removing the head, which you'd have to do anyway to check out the other possibilities, a crack in the head or the crankcase. Sometimes but not always, a bad head gasket will show up a leak across the two systems. In the absence of anything obvious, a crack in the head or block might take a more practiced eye.
Removing the head on an A is a pretty straightforward job that can be done with a basic socket set, but it would be good to have a service manual at hand before you get into it.
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