Automotive Forums .com - the leading automotive community online! Automotive Forums .com - the leading automotive community online!
Automotive Forums .com - the leading automotive community online! 
-
Latest | 0 Rplys
Go Back   Automotive Forums .com Car Chat > BMW > 5 Series
Register FAQ Community Arcade Calendar
Reply Show Printable Version Show Printable Version | Email this Page Email this Page | Subscription Subscribe to this Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 08-06-2009, 07:00 PM   #1
adamascus
AF Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Santa Clara, California
Posts: 2
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Unhappy 95 530i water in oil- no blown gaskit or cracks????

Driving down the freeway and car temp went 3/4 over but not all the way to hot yet oil blew out from something in the front all over the timing cover water pump and smog crap. The upper radiator hose had a tear in it, the were holes in the smog tubes. No oil on dip stick and water was very low. added water and it turned up in the oil pan. Compression on all cylinders is very good and exactly the same and there is no oil on either head anywhere. Took off intake manifold and every intake port is clean as a whistle. Are there water jackets in the front timing cover that could allow water in the oil???
Well the next thing I did was try to tighten down the head bolts as this once fixed a blown Head Gaskit on my old Datsun Roadster. Low and behold the only head bolt that was already stripped was the top front head bolt on the passenger side. Bought an aftermarket head gaskit for $60 and had the head milled 3 thousands of an inch for $20 even thought the head did not appear warped at all. The upper radiator hose from Bmw cost almost as much as the aftermarket head gaskit but it now runs better than before and does not leak oil all over my driveway anymore.

Last edited by adamascus; 09-04-2009 at 04:08 AM. Reason: found the problem-
adamascus is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply

POST REPLY TO THIS THREAD

Go Back   Automotive Forums .com Car Chat > BMW > 5 Series


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:55 PM.

Community Participation Guidelines | How to use your User Control Panel

Powered by: vBulletin | Copyright Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
 
 
no new posts