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Coolant in oil

Getting coolant in oil. Did compression test 120 psi and it holds. Wondering if there is a gasket problem 4Y engine. Please help
  • Posted 5 Feb 2015 00:19
  • By jim_v
  • joined 26 Aug'08 - 61 messages
  • Michigan, United States
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Thanks to all who answered. It was in the head.
  • Posted 8 Feb 2015 03:39
  • By jim_v
  • joined 26 Aug'08 - 61 messages
  • Michigan, United States
Did lots of 4Y engines. Nice to do. They are tough motors. Be ready to send the intake manifold be cleaned of an inch of baked carbon.
Make sure to remove head when dead cold (overnight sit)
Got away with using old head bolts. It's a toss up and replacing them.
Heads were known for receding valves. get head checked or buy rebuilt for $600
  • Posted 7 Feb 2015 12:40
  • By EasiTek
  • joined 12 Aug'08 - 533 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
if a coolant journal is blown out on a cylinder jug you would get coolant steam out of the exhaust probably and smell coolant in the exhaust and your compression check would probably show a slight variance on the low side on one cylinder. If he is getting it into the engine oil it is most likely a coolant port blown out near an oil drain port from where the oil on top of the head in the valve galley drains back.
I while back i had a yale F2 engine do that, it was getting oil into the engine oil and blowing steam out of the exhaust too, i had to pull the head and clean it up, check for cracks and check the head surface and the block surface and put on an over sized felpro gasket on it. The block surface where it was blown out had corroded out a place on the block... it was not bad so the oversized gasket sealed it up.
It's been running ever since.

I'm not sure about the toyota engines but some of them even had an oil supply that pumped oil up to the rocker tubes in the valve cover and if this has one it could also be blown out there getting oil into a coolant port.
Hard to say without pulling the head and inspecting it.
  • Posted 5 Feb 2015 13:36
  • Modified 5 Feb 2015 13:40 by poster
  • By swoop223
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If it was ever over heated the head is not flat anymore. Usually they blow combustion gases into the water jacket when the head gasket blows.
  • Posted 5 Feb 2015 08:38
  • By mrfixit
  • joined 11 Dec'08 - 1,434 messages
  • New York, United States

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