Head gasket denial

[rthrdent]

Hello all,
Vehicle in question is '86 Civic sedan, 1.5 12 valve with lot's of miles. Has oil in the coolant but no coolant in oil and no steaming. I've been around long enough to know the usual causes, but wuold like to know if there are any breaches common to this specific engine. Also, how common is a head crack on these engines? (Escort experience you see.) A search of these forums turned up only the opinion I didn't want. ;-) Anyone with any "oddball" diagnoses? Thanks in advance.

Allen

[87civicfranky]

well if you ask it that way....some one poured oil in the water........

probly that.....these cars are preety damn old so the true possibility would be the headgasket...sorry..its the worst case scenario but its the sad truth..........dont wana get you down but...maybe im wrong.....you never know...

[lxndr]

The EW/D15 motor is pretty solid. At almost 20 years old, the head gasket is usually the first to go.