Coolant might be getting in oil

1997 NISSAN SENTRA
362,000 MILES • 1.6L • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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REBBEL01
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I am losing coolant after i drive and park the car when it cools and the engine oil looks like coolant getting in it, but there is no oil in my coolant. i have to keep adding coolant like maybe 10oz a day. i changed my hoses and it is still the same.
Dec 14, 2019 at 3:12 PM
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SCGRANTURISMO
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Hello,

Any time you have coolant mixing with the engine oil, this is usually a sign of a blown head gasket. In rarer cases it can also be a cracked water jacket introducing coolant into the engine oil that way, but 9 times out of 10 it's a blown head gasket. There are a couple of different ways to confirm that your head gasket is blown and I have included links to both of them below.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please go through these guides and get back to us with what you find out. We can go from there.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros
Dec 14, 2019 at 6:29 PM