Well, I have bad news. The problem you are having is teh same problem I had with a 94. That front cover over the timing chain has a hole worn in it from teh timing chain. that means one of teh timing chain guides has broken or come free. There are two bolts that hold the right had guide in place as you look at the engine. If the top bolt is missing then water goes directly from the water channel to the engine oil pan. When you fix this remember to flush the motor several times to get the water out of the block. The good news is you can usually have this front cover welded at a machine shop if there is an actual hole. Total cost of teh repair when I did it, $85 new chain and welding and tube of form-a-gasket.
You can remove that front cover without pulling the head which is the good news. As I remember there are 4 screws from the head into that cover that can be removed and then the rest of the screws around the cover and you can remove the font cover. Don't forget about the screws from the oil pan into the bottom of the cover and try and keep the screws location straight as some are different lengths and that is important putting it back together. Now, those seals are actually seal channels and will need to be thoroughly cleaned. They do not sell a replacement seal for either of those. you will need to use Form-A-Gasket to rebuild the seals. A thin bead is sufficient. I used Form-A-Gasket Orange to do the job. It should take about 4 hours to get it off and put it back assuming you do not end up pulling the timing chain. It's tight but the repair can be done with the motor mounted. That repair time estimate does not include the time the cover will be at the welder. DO NOT TRY to use J-B weld for this. That will not work as the front cover is Aluminum.
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That will be a sign of a worn out piston rings. If the piston rings are worn out, coolant and oil mixture will surely be expected. I strongly suggest that you have the piston rings and piston liners replaced to get rid of the oil and coolant mixture. Once replaced you'll be good.
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Thank you for the added information. It can be a cracked tube or a worn out gasket. Please do trace the line and look for leakage of oil or coolant. Either which, once you found out that there's one then that will be our problem.
This the first time I heard this kind of issue. But removing the front cover is good to trace out the problem.
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You do have for certain a leaky head gasket that was not installed correctly. More than likely the engines flat surfaces were not well cleaned or part of the gasket was still stuck near an oil gallery hole causing this problem
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compressions are good ,eng runs well lots of power,water inlet on this eng is through thefront of the block and seems to be flowing directly into the oil pan , iam wondering if there is some seal or crack causing tthis problem..
looking at repair manual, will need to remove front cover to trace problem ,i am seeing two seals
i was hoping you or any other nissan experts have run into this problem and could advise a possible solution.
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machined cyl head, new gasket, eng runs great.whentopping up coolant in radiator noticed oli level raising in the oil pan.. on this engine the water flows through the bottom hose into the front of the block then circulates when the pump spins,however the water seems to be flowing into the pan without the engine being turned over..i see some seals below the front cover.looking at the manual skematics.
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Thanks for your comments,one of the guides broke loose but bolts are intact. replaced chain/,,guides/ ,tensionerand waterpump.advise.
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