What The?

[arep3]

ppls, ive had a great day! (note massive amounts of sarcasm...)

i thought id check my fluids as i do every few days, and low and behold, oil in my overflow bottle! so i check the radiator cap. yup! oil in there too...

checked the cam oil cap. just nice clean motul. no water.

checked the dipstick. again, nice clean motul. no white crap from water.

checked the power steering fluid. now that was low. real low...

got some of the oil from the overflow bottle on my finger and it smelt like power steering fluid. i checked the 4WD bottle at the back just to make sure it wasnt it and it was fine.

ive almost convinced myself that its the power steering fluid. i just finished flushing out as much of it as i could and topped it up with plain water. the shops are closed so no coolant for me. im off to the mechanics tomorrow.

anybody ever have anything like this???

[icydude]

its possible that your head gasket is on its way out or there are cracks between the oil galleries and coolant passages.

but im going to say its engine oil as it would be alot more likely then ps fluid.

if you do a compression check i can guarentee it will be decent but its probably the head gasket:P

[RANDY]

Agreed. I don't think there's any possible way for powersteering fluid to get into anywhere where the water normally goes (head etc).

[Rednisr31]

IF the car was auto and it had the auto cooler as part of the radiator (like r31's) it could be trans fluid

but its a gtr, so i dont see that happening

[blind_elk]

Yes, but what if someone stuck an auto radiator in and ran the P/S fluid through it to try and keep it cool?

[arep3]

ok well its not power steering fluid. its sump oil. doesnt smell like sump oil and there isnt any white residue anywhere...

apart from a head gasket (which the mechanic says it probably isnt) where else could oil get into the coolant?

possibly the housing where the oil filter screws on? apparently theres coolant running thru it.

the motor is stock apart from dumps pods. no extra coolers added. i will be gettin an oil cooler and relocator for the filter. will need the cooler for track use.

so what do ppls reckon it could be??

[wrxhoon]

Cracked cyl head , cracked block, head gasket .

You hope it's the head gasket, anything else would be to expensive.

[Godzilla32]

Cracked cyl head , cracked block, head gasket .

You hope it's the head gasket, anything else would be to expensive.

The GTR has the coolant plumbed into a sandwich between the block and the oil filter adaptor, if that has corroded it could be mixing there..

[arep3]

The GTR has the coolant plumbed into a sandwich between the block and the oil filter adaptor, if that has corroded it could be mixing there..

yea thats what the mechanic told me. more then likely this then my head. i picked up a good 1 from a wreckers yesterday. it goes back to the mechanics tomorrow. hope this works. fingers crossed. let u all know the outcome