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Can anyone shed some light on this, imported a r32 GTR and have found oil in water, thought for some reason some retard filled the wrong way!! Car is using engine oil but not water, So no traces under oil filler cap and no signs of overheating. :P

I thought it could be a faulty oil cooler so i bridged the water lines hoping for oil dripping on the ground but found nothing.

Surely there is other people who have had this problem or heard of it,

Could it be the turbos mixing?

Head Gasket? Crack in the head or block? also engine is down in compression in cylinders 2&5 by 15 p.s.i.

This is a real problem as to get the head off the engine has to come out right? which comes to $1000 in labour then a new head $1200 metal gasket say $500 then $1000 to put it back in Thats Close to $4000 with still a chance that it did not fix the problem.

Need some answers or some good advise cause i am sick of emptying oil out of cooling system.

Would i be better off putting in a replacement engine (fingers crossed that it is running fine). Thanks fellas.

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it sounds like its the head gasket, blown out to the water jackets, check under the radator and oil fill cap to see if there is a white muck under the caps, or if there is moisture under the oil cap, if so there is a problem.

Head gaskets dont normaly mean you have to take the motor out! Just mark all the timing stuff and remove head, replace gasket, put back together,

But get a service manual if you are going to do it by your self

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Sounds like the headgasket to me.

If you do remove the head:

Make sure it gets taken to a competent machine shop where they should put a straight edge on it, pressure test it, surface the face flat etc.

Take the gasket with you, they should be able to tell you if that was the problem.

Keep in mind that if they vacuum test the valves and find a problem, thats where it can get pricey due to adjusting tappet clearence etc.

At a minimum make sure the face of the head gets milled!

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   This is a real problem as to get the head off the engine has to come out right? which comes to $1000 in labour then a new head $1200 metal gasket say $500 then $1000 to put it back in Thats Close to $4000 with still a chance that it did not fix the problem.

 

Why would the engine have to come out for a headgasket replacement?!?

And mate, if anybody charges you $2000.-, hell...even $1000.- to take the engine in and out of your car then you're getting ripped off. I'd expect labour for a complete engine in+out to cost no more than $500.- plus machining + crack testing the head $300.- (that's on the expensive side!) plus head gasket $300.-

And no, you wouldn't be better off getting a new engine just because your headgasket is blown :)

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Give me the number of whoever does your work !!!! It all sounds good but you think if it was a head gasket there would be water in the oil!!!!! there is water only in the radiator and also its not like a rb20 that you can fit almost two of them engines in the engine bay there is barely enough room to swing a ratchet around, most mechanics have said its a 8-10 hour job to get the engine out as they are 4WHEEL DRIVE and the front drive shaft passes through the sump.

I really want to hear from people who have had this problem on the rb26,there was one at just jap exactly the same they did the head gasket (ENGINE OUT) gave it back to him and then it did a big end bearing?

I have already proven that its not the oil cooler as i looped it and oil is still showing up!!!!

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Its not common for RB's to do headgaskets, its generally ring lands or nothing. 'Generally' :P

Are you sure its oil and not coolant gone bad and sludgy?

My R32 GTST had an oil looking substance everywhere, it would attach its self to the bottom of the radiator cap and radiator neck.

It was a browny colour that felt a little oily and also dispersed water as oil/grease does.

3 engine power flush and rad flushes + numerous self mukout HD flushes (that HD stuff smells like acid, scary) it came good, no more build up. :)

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