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Water in the oil is most likely a head gasket leak-blown head gasket. You will have to pull the cylinder head off and replace the head gasket. If it's a V6 or V8 engine, a compression test will tell you which bank of the engine has the head gasket problem. One cylinder or two cylinders next to each other will have low compression.
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Oil is pumped around the engine. If there is water in the oil, that too is pumped around the engine.
If the engine is water cooled, I would remove the head, if it is warped, have it skimmed and then refit with a new gasket.
If it is air cooled, condensation is common. Replace the oil and any filter.
Sounds like it could be a blown head gasket or a cracked water jacket I would advise draining oil and watching for signs of water in the oil secondly if you find no signs of oil in the water erase sale and out of pressure pump to the system if the problem can says if the problem continues as a temporary fix you can run a bottle of copper block sealer through engine remember though that it's only a temporary fix
Is this at the engine end, (coolant), or the propeller end, (river, lake)? Check the oil level in the motor.Is there the same 'whitish' blobs in the oil. At the engine end, in a water cooled engine, oil in the water, (coolant), usually suggests the head gasket has started to fail. At the propeller end it could be an oil leak dripping down the drive shaft from the engine.
Your hole in the oil pan is from some damage caused when the vehicle hit something over rough terrain, I am assuming since it is a 4x4. The mixture of water and oil is because you have some leak whether it is a blown gasket or maybe some hole internally in the engine. Do you notice a brownish foam at the end of the oil dipstick if you check the oil, that is usually a sign that water is seeping into the oil parts of the engine.
Hi Wendy, hope I am wrong but it sounds like a cracked head or blown head gasket.
If the engine hasn't been started in a couple hours pull the engine oil dipstick and look at the oil level. If the oil level is over the full mark you likely have water in the bottom of the oil pan. Milky/semi-white oil on the dipstick would indicate the same. If the oil looks good and at or below the full level look in the water overflow for the radiator. Any sign of oil or milky looking foam is an indication of oil in the water from cracked head/block or blown head gasket. If both the water and oil look good start the engine, let it warm up and look to see if you have water coming out of the exhaust pipe. It is normal to see some water come out of the exhaust after starting a cold engine due to condensation in the muffler and catalytic converter but a healthy engine should have only a slight amount of water vapor coming out of the exhaust. Anything more would indicate a cracked head/block or blown head gasket.
ok what warning light come on???? oil or charging light,,,if its the oil light i gess there is no oil left in the engine or there is no oil presher,,,in witch case the engine is shot away,, if its just a charging light my gess is the hight presher water jet shot water inside the altornator it may dry out but if its got oil inside of it then you need to get a new one fitted or strip your down and clean it all out, using hight presher water hoses is a big mistake
There are indeed traces of oil coming out of the exhaust. Blue smoke is burning oil. Grey or white smoke is usually coolant/water going through the engine. This can be caused by leaking head gaskets, valve guides depending on the engine, excessive blow-by, etc. Large amounts of oil are not good; and water is even worse. I would look at getting the head gasket replaced. The loss of power is because neither oil or water likes to burn, and once your engine clears it out, it probably runs ok for the rest of the day. Then I'm guessing the next morning, it comes back. This is an urgent fix, because prolonged leakage can damage the engine block, head, or both.
White smoke coming out of the oil fill cap is not good, it means there's water in there (white smoke = water, blue smoke = oil, black smoke = lots of junk in gas or ruined engine). I suspect bad head gasket or cracked block.
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