Posted by David - OR on August 17, 2008 at 13:31:24 from (208.67.204.213):
In Reply to: Kubota oil in water posted by 37chief on August 16, 2008 at 22:15:27:
There's a good chance that he has a leaking head gasket -- between one cylinder and the water jacket.
Combustion byproducts get blown into the coolant by the pressure of firing; they make it LOOK like oil in the water, but it really isn't a direct leak from the lubrication system into the coolant.
If the leak is fairly small, you won't get water into the cylinder and thence into the oil pan. One sign of this sort of leak is a newfound tendency towards overheating -- the hot combustion gases add a lot of heat to the coolant, along with the "oil". You can also check the compression cylinder by cylinder.
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