I know some do. Its a little round thing with two tubes. It goes between the oil filter and the adaptor...basically, you screw the oil filter on the oil cooler, which is screwed in the adaptor. But on my vy, i dont see tim oil cooler. The oil filter screws directly onto the adaptor. Therefore, im wondering if the engine oil cooler can be in another location...maybe the radiator? Like one side of the radiator has the transmission cooler and the opposite side, an engine oil cooler? Reason i ask is because i have coolant mixing with engine oil! Took off the heads and the inlet manifold to check the gaskets and they were good as new! The head and block decks are leveled and with no cracks! So i figured all it was was probably the oil cooler...but i go under the car but dont see the oil cooler. Do i have one??
No Holdens that I know of come with factory fitted engine oil coolers. VY's do get power steering and transmission coolers. PJDM1980
Well thats just perfect! Now i have no clue whats the problem! If its not the gaskets and there is no oil cooler, what the freakin hell could it be???? Trans fluid?? But thats purposed to be pinkish not dark brown. And even so, how would it get in the engine oil...
If coolant gets into the sump then it is a blown head gasket and looks can be deceiving it only takes a hairline crack for your head gasket to go and you may even need a magnify glass to see it
i see what you mean! Well i didnt use a magnifying glass but i did take it to 2 mechanics and both had a good look at the gaskets and confirmed the gaskets were good. They were pretty new too! Could it be an "internal" head or block crack? plus the inlet manifold was covered in oil (clean) when i opened the top cover...if that could be related.
I dont know the history but in the v6 commodores 99% of the time its the LIM gaskets that fail not the head gaskets.
If you have coolant escaping into the engine oil you should check the following : 1 Inlet manifold gasket 2. Cylinder head Gaskets 3. The cylinder heads for cracks and distortion (the cyl heads need to be perfect) If these are all ok then the only item left is a crack in the engine block allowing coolant to flow into the lubrication system under operating pressure .
