Oil in the Water

Have an '87 4 cyl auto that I got 6 weeks ago. Had the cooling system
flushed twice as well as the overflow since there was motor oil in the
overflow & an oil foam near the thermostat. There is no water in the oil
only oil in the water. Engine runs real good & smooth. Any ideas???

Probably a small head gasket (or other) leak. Since you have 15psi in the
water, and 20-60psi in the oil.... it can only go in one direction.

Also, you could have a leaky tranny cooler tank in the rad (are you dead
sure it's motor oil you're finding in the water???)
If that's the case, just use and external tranny cooler.

"Stephen Rabinowitz earthlink.net>" <steve86@<nospam> wrote in message
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> Have an '87 4 cyl auto that I got 6 weeks ago. Had the cooling system
> flushed twice as well as the overflow since there was motor oil in the
> overflow & an oil foam near the thermostat. There is no water in the oil
> only oil in the water. Engine runs real good & smooth. Any ideas???
>