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First off, I just bought the car. I've had it for 3 days. I have a horrible vacuum leak on my intake manifold gasket. I read somewhere that this can cause oil and coolant to mix. I just had my coolant flushed this morning, and it's already full of oil. Could this be the cause?
Next issue
If I drive for more than a few minutes, my temp gauge gets pegged on red. If I open the hood, and try to look at the thermostat housing with an IR thermometer, it doesn't ever read above 85°C. I also stuck a thermometer into the coolant and it didn't even react. The coolant and oil mixture was barely warm.
Is there a way if I can tell if the thermostat is even working? It doesn't seem to be even trying to cool the engine. I'm completely lost.
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First off, I just bought the car. I've had it for 3 days. I have a horrible vacuum leak on my intake manifold gasket. I read somewhere that this can cause oil and coolant to mix. I just had my coolant flushed this morning, and it's already full of oil. Could this be the cause?
Next issue
If I drive for more than a few minutes, my temp gauge gets pegged on red. If I open the hood, and try to look at the thermostat housing with an IR thermometer, it doesn't ever read above 85°C. I also stuck a thermometer into the coolant and it didn't even react. The coolant and oil mixture was barely warm.
Is there a way if I can tell if the thermostat is even working? It doesn't seem to be even trying to cool the engine. I'm completely lost.
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