water in oil

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  1. deathscythe7

    deathscythe7 Bobtail Member

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    hello i just recently changed my oil cooler cause i had oil in my coolent every thing was running fine all gauges read normal now i checked my oil dipstick and i have signs of water in my oil what does that mean?
     
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  3. Heavyd

    Heavyd Road Train Member

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    It means you have water in the oil silly! Coolers can leak both ways. How long has it been since that repair? It may be just contamination from that or the work performed. Change your oil and keep a very close eye on it. You may have something else leaking like an injector cup. From now on when you have a question like this it is really important to mention what year/model truck you have and the type/model of engine too!
     
  4. bender

    bender Road Train Member

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    It's possible that coolant was in your crankcase at the time you replaced the oil cooler and is just now showing up. It's also possible that coolant went in to the crankcase when you changed the cooler. I would change the oil and continue to monitor it for coolant. That may be all that's needed.
     
  5. deathscythe7

    deathscythe7 Bobtail Member

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    thank you and sorry i have a 08 century classic and the repair was done a week ago i will change the oil and keep my eye on it
     
  6. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    when you say sign of water is the oil milky or just a few bubbles more info please
     
  7. deathscythe7

    deathscythe7 Bobtail Member

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  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    then an oil change and watching it is good enough for now
    if it gets milky you have bigger problems
    with bubbles you are probably checking hot oil
    you might not even see that on a cold engine
     
  9. deathscythe7

    deathscythe7 Bobtail Member

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    thank you guys ill keep my eye on it and get the oil changed as soon as i can
     
  10. blanco

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    It could also be a broke air compressor. Water coolant mixing in the head of compressor and being pushed back to engine.

    Worse case scenario, cracked engine block or head.
     
  11. Gear head

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    Anymore coolant sence oil change
     
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