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Vendetto
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:01 PM
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How long would a head gasket have to be blown for oil to show up in the radiator/coolant?
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Loren Champlain Sr
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:05 PM
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5 minutes? You have much more pressure from the engine pushing the oil than the cooling system system can handle. But, it is rather uncommon to get oil in the radiator. Very common for coolant to get in the oil.
Loren
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Vendetto
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:07 PM
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Okay, well I sold my old mustang, and the only problem it had was the heater didn't always work. It would sometimes blow cold. The guy I sold it to has had it for two weeks, and took it into the garage his friend owns, and is now trying to say that I sold him a car that has a blown head gasket, and that it's been that way for two months. We replaced the thermostat a month ago, and the antifreeze was clean. So did he do something to the car and is now trying to pin it on me?
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Jeff Norfolk
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:17 PM
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Is he sure it is motor oil and not transmission fluid? If the radiator has a trans cooling inside it the cooler may have sprung a leak into the radiator. Either way there is no way to no if it has been that way 2 months or 2 minutes. When you buy a used car you are getting just that. A used car and all of the problems that sometimes come with it. Unless you offered him some kind of warranty I would not worry about it.
Jeff
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Loren Champlain Sr
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:17 PM
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Oh, boy...Not sure I want to get into the middle of this one. If the heater would blow cold air, it is entirely possible that the cooling system was low on coolant which in turn, could cause overheating. On the other hand, if he's had it two weeks without a problem, wouldn't it be his responsibility to check fluids? This is my personal opinion, not that of CarJunky. And, it's just an opinion.
Loren
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Vendetto
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:24 PM
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Well it was fine on coolant fluid, i checked all the fluids before i sold it, got new tires, new spark plugs, all kinds of new stuff more than i'd like to mention, and he's positive it's oil.
When I replaced the thermostat (for the heater) there was no oil in the antifreeze, it was a solid green.
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way2old
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Jan 24, 2009, 12:45 PM
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Along the same line of thinking as Jeff. If you sold the vehicle and did not say anything about the car being perfect and offering a warranty of sorts, I would just write it off. The person that purchased the vehicle has the responsibility to check it out before purchasing. I am probably sure you would have taken it to a shop for him to pay for an inspection if he wanted to see if there were major problems. SO write it off ad lesson learned. I sold a car to a lady one time years ago. She drove it 2 m onths and drove over a rock and punctured the transmission pan and wanted me to fix it for free or give her all her money back plus the mental anguish she suffered from worryoing about how shwe was going to fix it. I jusst told her, the car is in her name, she bought it, she was happy when she left---so I don't feel I have anything I owe you for the damage you caused. Good luck. Hope it was not a friend you sold it to. If it was a friend, they are not much of a friend.
Being way2old is why I need help from younger minds
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