Z_wonderer

hey guys i'm desperate for help,i made a discovery today i was cheking my water in the radiator and discovered that the water has a bit of oil in it , i'm scared cuz i dont know what happened. my question for you is what happened and what can and should i do. please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grippo

iTrader: (1)

Check your oil and see what that looks like. It sounds as if you have a bad head gasket.

Z_wonderer

i cheked the oil and it looks normal, no bubbles or any signs of water in it.

brad_26

dose it look light brown ? if not i guess cheapest insurance if you think something is wrong is change the oil and take a pic lol

Z_wonderer

i cheked the oil and it looks good, it's the water in my radiator that looks like this

damn dude i'm so freaken scared right now

brad_26

umm dosent look good i hope thats not your olny car

A blown head gasket.
A leak in the tranny cooler line for your transmission

was the car running a little bit hot under acceleration ?

if you have someone there take the radiator cap off(when its cold) fill it up if its low have someone start motor and rev it if the coolant starts to over flow the radiator you have a leak

Z_wonderer

and if it's a leak, it's going to be in the tranny cooler line? if so how can i fix that? sorry but i'm so worried right now

Z_wonderer

ok, i did that and the radiator didnt over flow, so that mens that i have a blown head gasket? and if so how much would that cost to repair? sorry but i'm not a mechanic like some of you, that is just too risky for me to do by my self, i'm afrade of screwing it up

brad_26

lol no it did'nt over flow so it means its prolly NOT a head gasket have to look else where

Joez88Camaro

Check both the transmission and engine oil dipstick, and leave the cap off the radiator and don't drive the car around.

If the tranny fluid looks similar=new radiator needed+trans flush asap, which can happen as well.

Z_wonderer

and will that fix my problem?

84 1LE

iTrader: (9)

Is there water on top of that brown stuff, if not maybe thats just ALOT of rust!Wouldnt the water seperate from the oil.Looks like its all mixed together in the pic!

surfertom

looks like trans fluid to me , there is a seperate tank inside your radiator for cooling the trans and its leaking into your coolant. change out your radiator , should be able to find 1 pretty cheep in the classified threads. or get a new 1 from your local shop. check your trans fluid level i bet its down a bit.

rideon1200

Whats wrong with the coolant? Looks a healthy brown to me. Put it back in, you got a couple more years with that.

coincounters

I had this happen to me last year. It looks like tranny fluid in the radiator. First you need to replace the radiator,(if its metal and plastic, it cant be fixed). Second you need to flush the tranny and change the fluid and filter. If your lucky you didn't do much damage to the clutchs, if not you will find third and forth gear will start to slip, about 3500 rpm and it's rebuild time!