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SPECIALTURD
06-28-2011, 06:43 PM
so last night i just happen to have finished replacing the crank seal and oil pan gasket ,today i drive the car to work and back but when i got home i popped the radiator open cuz i thought i smelled antifreeze and theres foam in my radiator. it wasnt a lil bit it was like a frappuccino!!! wtf is this!! low coolant? bad water pump? btw engine is stock ka.:rant2:

future
06-28-2011, 06:46 PM
Oil and anti freeze?

SPECIALTURD
06-28-2011, 06:54 PM
Oil and anti freeze?

what do you mean? be specific!!!

future
06-28-2011, 07:15 PM
Check your oil dip stick to see if any milkshake is in there (frap) and then also the rad frap.

do it sideways
06-28-2011, 07:17 PM
yea pretty sure when oil mixes with antifreeze it becomes all foamy. drain the radiator and inspect the anti freeze.

future
06-28-2011, 08:02 PM
You sjphould be able to smell the oil in the rad if its in there. Just another tip

SPECIALTURD
06-29-2011, 10:45 PM
well i didnt mess with the radiator at all. it was fine before i changed the crank seal. i checked but nuthin. when i changed the oil pan i jacked up the engine/tranny from in between idk maybe i pinched a line??

SPECIALTURD
06-29-2011, 11:12 PM
i just checked again and i found some sort of leak in the back of the head might be antifreeze or oil leak and it seems to be falling on the tranny. could this be a bad head gasket?

818 ZENKI
07-01-2011, 11:34 AM
could be that a section of your head gasket is cracked if there's oil in your coolant or vise versa

SPECIALTURD
07-01-2011, 06:01 PM
could be that a section of your head gasket is cracked if there's oil in your coolant or vise versa

i hope not!!! i was told it could also be cavitation.

jesse_s13
07-01-2011, 06:12 PM
Yes sir. Bad stuff. Get the head gasket test thing at napa.

future
07-01-2011, 06:28 PM
Did you do anything I told you? Lol that would tell yoou if your hg was bad. Or just get the tester

SPECIALTURD
07-02-2011, 02:17 PM
did you do anything i told you? Lol that would tell yoou if your hg was bad. Or just get the tester

im gonna do it today i just havent had time. Lol hoping its just a valve cover leak.