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Engine oil in coolant

There is greasy yelloish fluid in radiator, checked and is not transmission oil, mech, said is probably engine oil, car has only 65k

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What year, and do you service car.?
are you mixing AF fluid types. i bet yes. and is big time bad.
jiffyboobs
put oil there?
you can do the exhaust gas heck device a radiator cap filler
or the leak down test.

id do a full flush and fill and drive a week.
not the toxic mix is gone.
do not mix AF brands.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 06, 2008

SOURCE: check engine light on

If you disconnect your battery for 15 minutes it should clear a dummy light. However if it does not it you may have a bad sensor.

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  • Posted on Jan 17, 2009

SOURCE: 2003 Neon SXT Tranny Oil In Radiator

I'm not possitive but there is usually a vent tube on top of the transmission, may be possible that dirt or something is clogging it up. That would cause the tranny to build up pressure. But to blow the seal on a new radiator, I wouldn't imagine that. My opinion would be that the new radiator wasn't put together correctly. But just in case the vent tube did cause it to let go, check the vent. I hope that you find the problem. Best wishes.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 08, 2009

SOURCE: "Check Engine light is on

clean the egr valve

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  • Posted on Jun 02, 2009

SOURCE: I found milky fluid in the radiator -Nissan X-trail PNT30

the transmission oil cooler is on the lower part of the radiator. it might have a hole inside. you need to replace the radiator and flush the transmission fluid several times

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  • Posted on Sep 19, 2009

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This is unlikely to be related to a simple coolant flush or oil change. Obviously you should check that all your fluid levels are correct as a first step in the process. It is possible that a connection to a sensor on the engine has been disturbed during this work which can then set off the EML so check all visible electrical connections on the engine first.

If there is nothing evident from this check you need to have the car put on a scanner at a dealers to identify the trouble codes stored in the cars ECU. The stored codes will point towards a diagnoses. Often a bad sensor is the cause of a problem such as this.

Hope this helps. Please do rate this answer. Many Thanks.

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