Oil in radiator - 1998 Accord
I have 85,000 miles. 4 cylinder & 5-speed manual. I take good care of
the car and never had any problems. Did the maint and a few small repairs like CV boots, etc. The radiator fan must have failed an it overheated rapidly. I shut it down fast. The car was fine but I had oil in the radiator. I took it in. I had the head rebuilt, new head gaskets, new radiator, radiator fan, changed the timing belt, hoses and other things. I spent about $2700. I got the car back and drove it for about two weeks then saw coffee on the driveway. I checked the radiator and had coffee again. I took it back to the mechanic and now he is pushing a rebuilt motor at cost - $900 and $600 in labor. He obviously is feeling a little guilty. The car is in good shape. Sadly, we did not go down the replace the engine path first. He thinks there might be a crack in the block. Any suggestions? I doubt any stop leak stuff will help. I can flush the radiator but the oil can get back in fast. I am not sure if the oil or water is under more pressure. The oil leak prodicts that swell gaskets will not work. I spoke to CRC who make nano technology stop leak products going in via the radiator but they said if the oil comes into the cooling too fast - their product will not work. I loved my Honda but I never had a car have a catastrophic failure like this. No dealers have Accord VPNs with 5 speeds and the price went up. I am pretty disgusted with Honda. |
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