oil in my water ? what could it be

[eclipseman22]

hi i have a 1990 eclipse 2.0 turbo. when i start it up oil goes into my coolant. there is alot of pressure in a matter of seconds oil and water come out of my radiator cap into my overfill tank. almost all of the oil from the crankcase goes into the coolant. After i shut it off oil/coolant goes back into my crankcase. what could it be? a headgasket or is it possible its coming from my turbo? there seems to be no water in my cyclinders all plugs are firing fine.?????????????? can someone help me?

[EclipseRST]

blown/cracked headgasket~ dont drive it anymore until you get it fixed!

[eclipseman22]

can it be my seals in my turbo at all??

[EclipseRST]

no... not for it to mix that drastically at least! go feel your turbine on the intake side of the turbo... is it loose/shaft play? is there oil/water in the intercooler/intercooler piping? or the exhaust? i need more info before i can gaurantee anything

[eclipseman22]

well no oil or water in intercooler or piping or cumbisting chambers or throtle body

[EclipseRST]

how was the shaft play on the turbo?

[eclipseman22]

there was maybe a milamiter of play not very much barely anthing noticable

[EclipseRST]

sorry to say but its your head gasket

[eclipseman22]

well cool man thanks for the info i know about cars and stuff just was leary about the turbo havent really worled on them much and its way different from my 91 eclipse 1.8 and i didnt want to go in the wrong direction and replace the head gasket if it wasnt the head gasket but still time to have the head planed and pressured check and the valves resurfaced whil its apart this will be the first time a head gasket blew on me and it wasnt in the chamber never thought it was possible untill you reallly think about thanks a million dude

[OnefistedPirate]

Originally Posted by EclipseRST

sorry to say but its your head gasket

You really arent 100% sure, Or atleast you shouldn't be.





I would first check my oil filter housing. Those are known to crack inside, mising coolant and oil together. A slight over tightening can cause this. It happens more often then you think too.

Then check the head gasket. I'd start off by running a compression test just for kicks. It's good to know these numbers before digging into your motor.

Lets hope its just the filterhousing.

[OnefistedPirate]

Originally Posted by eclipseman22

can it be my seals in my turbo at all??

The seals in the turbo would only prevent oil from leaking into the intake or exhaust side. Nothing more. The oil and coolant channels are seperated by 1/8 -1/16 inch cast. You're not mixing it up in there.

How hot did you car get? How long from a cold start will it take to fire up?

[eclipseman22]

the first is to the guy with the oil filter housing reply? theres coolant going through there? never knew that how would i check that? and second to the guy with the turboseals. thanks thats what if been woundering if there was any seal in between the oil and the coolant thanks alot. i guy i talk to said there was and wasnt sure thanks alot anymore info would be a great help it only ran for a few mins it was sitting for 3 years and it wasnt blown when i first started it up after about twenty min of run it happend never reallly got hot at all. i was figuring from sitting for so long maybe the gasket got weak and blow because it being a turbo thanks agian. it also starts right up when it cold

[OnefistedPirate]

Im both of those guys. ARRRRRGGG MATTIE! Arrrrg!

Anyways, your oil filter housing has a series of fins and channels ran through it. Kind of like a george forman grill and a britta waterfilter. No wait, thats no good. Disregard.

While oil flows through the filterhousing, thru the filter and into the block it gets cooled as you go.

Now that you say the car has sat for four years,which you should have mentioned in the first place its most likely the HG. Four years is along time for a car to sit and not be maintained.

What did you do to the car before you started it?

[OnefistedPirate]

I agree with him.

Also about the turbo, it sat for 4 years and still spins? :ugh:

Arrrrrrrrrgggggggg......................... [putsawaysword]

[eclipseman22]

yes thankis agian for the info sorry for not noticing both replys was from you lol. yeah i bought cars before that sat for years never really had that problem had more problems with belts and hoses. i will check that out as well. can blame a man that got a 90 2.0 turbo with 60,000 for 5oo buck (hence thats me) well thanks agian man