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DTC Newbie Offline Posts: 31 Birmingham, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2001 2.6 V6	Oil in Water??? 27. Apr 2011 at 23:45 Just dipped an old rag in the expansion bottle and there seems to be a residue which has copper grease in it. Any ideas?
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Broomies Mate Omega Knight Offline Champagne Coloured Cars Are Gay! Posts: 1448 Bristol, UK Gender: Drives: 97 BMW 535i V8	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #1 - 27. Apr 2011 at 23:46 Copper Grease on your old rag?
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geoffr70 Omega Knight Offline Join the 3 litre club! Then the 10.5 l club woo! Posts: 1881 Sunderland Gender: Drives: 2000 f/l 3.0 Elite Saloon auto, 2000 f/l 3.0 MV6 Saloon manual, Dennis RS133 (occasionally!)	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #2 - 27. Apr 2011 at 23:48 oil cooler can fail, which can give siimilar symptoms to hg failure. http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1209123017
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henryd Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2172 west cornwall Gender: Drives: Merc E220 estate,previous ride 2.5 elite estate	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #3 - 27. Apr 2011 at 23:48 DTC wrote on 27. Apr 2011 at 23:45: Just dipped an old rag in the expansion bottle and there seems to be a residue which has copper grease in it. Any ideas? has anyone used a can of K seal in the system to stop a leak as that leaves a coppery residue in the coolant
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DTC Newbie Offline Posts: 31 Birmingham, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2001 2.6 V6	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #4 - 28. Apr 2011 at 16:41 could be, I really don't want to go to the expense of an oil cooler just yet, would it be an idea to give the cooling system a good thorough flushing add new anti freeze and a bottle of K Seal and see how I go?
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Re: Oil in Water???
Reply #5 - 28. Apr 2011 at 16:52

DTC wrote on 28. Apr 2011 at 16:41:

could be, I really don't want to go to the expense of an oil cooler just yet, would it be an idea to give the cooling system a good thorough flushing add new anti freeze and a bottle of K Seal and see how I go?

I would give it a flush and new coolant but don't add anything else to it or you won't know if there's a leak that you are covering up Thumbs Up!

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other drives Fiat ulysses 2.0 16v
peugeot 406 hdi 110
Fiesta 1.3 encore yuk
swift utopia to slow the mig down a bit !!

v6 lock kit available locally

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DTC Newbie Offline Posts: 31 Birmingham, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2001 2.6 V6	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #6 - 28. Apr 2011 at 17:21 Anybody have any ideas on this K seal? I am getting mixed reports on it
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ffcgary1 Omega Baron Offline I really must get my eyes seen to. Posts: 2263 Mitcham,Surrey. Gender: Drives: 2.5 v6 tourer, 2000 4.0 straight 6 jeep cherokee lpg	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #7 - 28. Apr 2011 at 18:02 AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE,nasty stuff does more harm than good. Do the oil cooler as when it does let go you wil have whole lot of crap to flush and that is not a 5 min fix.
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bigyin54 Junior Member Offline Posts: 86 wales Gender: Drives: omega	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #8 - 28. Apr 2011 at 20:21 i know got that now in my 2.5 v6 a load off sluge
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Oil in Water??? Reply #9 - 28. Apr 2011 at 20:42 flush it, but dont stick k-seal in If it becomes slightly oily, stop, and dont drive until oil cooler is replaced
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