oil in coolant

grumpy19450 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 07:25 AM

I have a 1996 F350 on my way home from a camping trip i noticed smoke coming from under the hood ,opened the hood and had oil everywhere from coolant tank no water in oil but lots of oil in water HELP!!!!

Tacomarunner · #2 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 05:45 PM

Search busted oil cooler..... Good Luck.

Russell

**GreenF350** · #3 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 05:58 PM

Do the 7.3L have an oil cooler? I haven't heard much about them if they do. I'm interested in hearing the outcome, just in case I run into a problem myself. Sorry I am not much help, but good luck on a fix.
-Aaron

19558077 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 06:11 PM

[QUOTE=GreenF350;1180752]Do the 7.3L have an oil cooler? I haven't heard much about them if they do. I'm interested in hearing the outcome, just in case I run into a problem myself. Sorry I am not much help, but good luck on a fix.
-Aaron[/QUOT
the cooler is the "tube" that your oil filter header is screwed to.

grumpy19450 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-03-2009, 09:36 AM

thanks for the input, replaced the oil cooler flushed the cooling system changed oil and coolant ,planing next camping trip

525 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-03-2009, 02:42 PM

bump-bump-bump---I want to know also.....

Cory S · #7 (**permalink**) 05-03-2009, 02:59 PM

blown oil cooler it happened to me 6 months ago still trying to get all the oil out of the cooling system just start flushing

this was my coolant

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