oil in water but no water in oil?help

[iwaters]

Having no coolant temp sensor will effect the running of the vehicle and will potentially cause it to overheat if you have an fan controlled by the ECU.

Probably wise to get one of them put it.

 

[Mursal]

As its a turbo engine it will have an oil cooler and as you have said it probably is leaking. Disconnect the water pipes going into it and join them together with a small piece of copper pipe. run the car for a day or so and see if the problem goes away . If it does you will need a new cooler as the oil will overheat without one. If its still putting oil into the water obviously its not the cooler.
You may need to flush out the coolant tank with detergent, Daz is good in hot water to kill off the oil to know if its still coming in from the cooler.

 

[whitevandude]

ok il see to that.but i seem to be losing water somewhere as it needs to be topped up fully after its been drove.there are no obvious leaks where is the water going??

 

[Mursal]

Onto the carpet?
Run it and see if the water is forced out of the coolant tank/radiator under pressure when the engine gets hot.

 

[whitevandude]

well the carpet in passenger foot well is wet but not as wet as id expect seeing how much water it is using,and when engine is warm it dose seem to be under emmence pressure,so what would u recommend?

 

[Mursal]

Disconnect the heater by connecting the two pipes going into the interior of the car together with a small piece of copper tube. Tighten the clips and refill with water. some of the water may be evaporating with the heat of the radiator in the heater unit. Is there a funny smell in the car when you are driving along?
See if you have to put water in it now that the heater is disconnected. As mentioned before keep topping the water up until completely full.

Good luck