Okay guys I know there have been a ton of threads on blown head gaskets because its so typical of our cars but I am used to working on older simpler engines and just wanted to know if some of this was typical from a blown head gasket.
So I started pulling the motor apart the other day because I think I have a blown HG due to coolant in oil and blowing coolant out tailpipes along with a big cloud of white smoke. I found no fluid in the supercharger except for the coolant oil mix that is currently in my oil pan. Why is there coolant in the blower? Or engine oil for that matter? And when I disconnected the lower intercooler tube a half a quart of oil came out of the intercooler tube. This may be a stupid question but isnt there only supposed to be air flowing through there? The pipe that connects to the intake manifold was also coated on the inside with this coolant oil mix.
I am a decent garage mechanic but these motors just baffle my mind and I just cant wrap my head around how they are supposed to work exactly. I dont understand how the coolant flows through the different aspects of the motor/blower. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated as I have had nothing but problems since the day I bought this car. I have had the car for over a year and during that time it has not run right for more than a month without needing some kind of repair.
So I started pulling the motor apart the other day because I think I have a blown HG due to coolant in oil and blowing coolant out tailpipes along with a big cloud of white smoke. I found no fluid in the supercharger except for the coolant oil mix that is currently in my oil pan. Why is there coolant in the blower? Or engine oil for that matter? And when I disconnected the lower intercooler tube a half a quart of oil came out of the intercooler tube. This may be a stupid question but isnt there only supposed to be air flowing through there? The pipe that connects to the intake manifold was also coated on the inside with this coolant oil mix.
I am a decent garage mechanic but these motors just baffle my mind and I just cant wrap my head around how they are supposed to work exactly. I dont understand how the coolant flows through the different aspects of the motor/blower. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated as I have had nothing but problems since the day I bought this car. I have had the car for over a year and during that time it has not run right for more than a month without needing some kind of repair.