Oil in coolant
#1
Oil in coolant
Hey all. I've searched around to find some info about my problem but haven't come up with anything definitive. I've got a 2000 F150 2WD 4.6 that seems to be leaking oil into the coolant. Coolant is a milky brown color. Doesn't appear to be any coolant leaking into the oil. Now my first impression is a head gasket which would completely suck, but I've read that it's possible that it's the oil filter adapter gasket. Any body have any more info on this and/or what the likelyhood it is that instead of a head gasket? The truck runs fine and has no other engine problems. Thanks for any help.
#2
Worth checking the filter adapter first. They do leak. It's a single gasket with only about 1/4" of material separating oil and water. No idea why they did it that way. Seems like kind of a poor design to me.
The part isn't very expensive. Think it was around $25 when I got mine but it's a later model. Don't know what somebody might charge for labor. Not hard to do just a pain to get to and kind of a messy job.
The part isn't very expensive. Think it was around $25 when I got mine but it's a later model. Don't know what somebody might charge for labor. Not hard to do just a pain to get to and kind of a messy job.
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#4
But, given the alternative, hopefully that's the problem in your case.
#5
Similar set ups that I've seen usually are intended more to help to get the oil up to temp faster. That part I understand, just not real big on Ford's way of doing it with nothing but a little piece of gasket between oil and water. It's a decent reinforced gasket but all it takes is a leak around one of the o-rings and over the gasket and you've got a problem.
But, given the alternative, hopefully that's the problem in your case.
But, given the alternative, hopefully that's the problem in your case.