Oil In Radiator

[notsmartguy]

I have a 1992 Corolla and for some reason like every six months my radiator is full of oil. The oil level on my car doesn't really drop drastically enough to fill my radiator yet all of my antifreeze seems to be gone and replaced with oil. I am pretty sure that there isn't an oil leak because there isn't antifreeze in my oil. Any Ideas? Because this is a serious problem and until it gets fixed this time I have to drive a 1989 Chevrolet Caprice Classic, not a cool car for a 16 year old.

[2advanced]

headgasket?

[notsmartguy]

What about it being transmission fluid not oil?

[Deep]

Is the car an auto? Does it have a tranny cooler integrated into the rad?

And Caprices make sweet lowriders

[|PuNiSh3R|]

Heh.. could be tranny oil like they are saying.. if it is an automatic.. then the "cooler" for the tranny fluid is in the bottom of the radiator..

[|PuNiSh3R|]

woah woah woah.. makes me think.. if that is the problem.. you probably have anti-freeze in your tranny! Reason I think this is because the cooler line on the tranny barely runs at 4PSI.. not very much.. and when your coolant temp goes up.. you are running something more like 6-10PSI.. so uh.. yea.

[notsmartguy]

Hey thanks everybody I think the last guy got it right (sorry i don't remember your name) I was looking in the repair manual thing once you suggested that and there is a cooling line for only automatics that you have to disconnect on the radiator so I think that is what you were talking about, but I think i am just going to get a new radiator.

[|PuNiSh3R|]

That would solve the problem .. if the problem is the resevior in the radiator.

[notsmartguy]

And if it isn't, then what else could it be?

[|PuNiSh3R|]

who the fuck knows.. headgasket I'd say, only other thing it could be.