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1996 Buick Regal Custom. Noticed a thick grease in radiator around the cap. Anyone know what is causing this. The car runs fine, no overheating problems. Thanks. bluestringer >1996 Buick Regal Custom. Noticed a thick grease in radiator around the cap. >Anyone know what is causing this. The car runs fine, no overheating >problems. Thanks. > >bluestringer If you didn't own this from brand new, it could have been the previous owner sealing up a coolant leak with some goopy product. hth, tom **************** http://www.Intertainia.com *********** Our Latest site: http://www.MedicalJobList.com ******************************************************* IT IS MOST LIKLEY OIL FROM A BLOWN INTAKE GASKET > >1996 Buick Regal Custom. Noticed a thick grease in radiator around the cap. > >Anyone know what is causing this. The car runs fine, no overheating [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Our Latest site: http://www.MedicalJobList.com > ******************************************************* > IT IS MOST LIKLEY OIL FROM A BLOWN INTAKE GASKET That's what I would have thought also, but it runs too good for that. It runs fine, good power, no skipping, etc. In fact just did a 250 mile trip and had no problems, and it uses no oil between changes. I also noticed it stuck to the sides of the reservoir, I'm thinking it's from the red anti-freeze that was put in new. bluestringer Wipe it out onto a rag , and see if it evaporates to a powder . I have that on a saturn , and it is due to the "ginger tablets"( sold by saturn ) that I added to keep the cooling seals in better shape . > 1996 Buick Regal Custom. Noticed a thick grease in radiator around the cap. > Anyone know what is causing this. The car runs fine, no overheating > problems. Thanks. > > bluestringer It would appear you have oil entering the cooling system. Have the proper pressure checks performed, WBMA. mike hunt blue stringer wrote: > 1996 Buick Regal Custom. Noticed a thick grease in radiator around the cap. > Anyone know what is causing this. The car runs fine, no overheating > problems. Thanks. > > bluestringer > It would appear you have oil entering the cooling system. > Have the proper pressure checks performed, WBMA. > > mike hunt I would think that also, but it uses no oil and runs great. I notice it is also on the sides of the reservoir, so I'm thinking it may be from the red type anti-freeze put in when new. bluestringer Then I would have the proper pressure checks performed to rule out an oil leak as the source. Why guess as to the cause? Guessing could end up costing you far more than doing some preventive maintenance testing. blue stringer wrote: > > It would appear you have oil entering the cooling system. > > Have the proper pressure checks performed, WBMA. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > bluestringer > 1996 Buick Regal Custom. Noticed a thick grease in radiator around the cap. > Anyone know what is causing this. The car runs fine, no overheating > problems. Thanks. > > bluestringer I was serious about that " ginger tablet " post . Mine has what could be mistaken as grease , but when fingered out and put on a clean dry terrycloth dryes out to a powder . It is the ginger tablets breaking down . They put them in there new , to condition the seals . Actually , it is more like a clay mixed with a decent amount of the water in the coolant . If it doesnt evaporate to a powder when put on a clean dry rag , and is in fact a grease it is probably other things you dont want to think of , but I would bet from what you posted , that it is the "ginger" they put in when new , at least I KNOW saturn does . Agreed, I know as well that GM uses those tablets in most of there engines, especially those with aluminum blocks like your Satern. Bob > > 1996 Buick Regal Custom. Noticed a thick grease in radiator around the > cap. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > what you posted , that it is the "ginger" they put in when new , at least I > KNOW saturn does . |
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