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small amount of oil in my coolent?

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medicman:
Title says it all, when taking off the radiator cap there is a small amount of black oil floating on the serface. What is causing this? How do I fix this? You guys are awesome thanks! Medicman

kaw rider:
sounds like your kips chamber is leaking into coolant circuit. and also drain the gear oil to see if there water in it too.

JustinSB:
The first thing that popped into my head was a bad water pump seal. If its a waterpump seal, your trans fluid will most likely have water in it.

medicman:
OK, so tranny fluid has some milky color to it but not a crazy amount. Would this be the water pump seal? If so, whats the process in replacing that?

Polar-Bus:
a bad head gasket will sometimes introduce residual oil into your cooling system. Pull your sparkplug and smell it if it smells "sweet" like antifreeze, you have a blown head gasket.

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