my cousin has an 89 turbo. just bought it the other day. ran great. the oil was fine when i checked it prior to purchase.
we bought some degreaser and tried to clean the muck off the engine. after we rinsed it there was oil/water mix spitting out from the spark plug channel after the engine heated up. I guess water got down in there.
we pulled the plug wires and sucked the water/oil mix out till it was dry. seemed like a lot of oil was in there though. maybe someone spilled it and it seeped in like the water.
anyway, now we have water in the oil system. we discovered this after seeing the dip stick (oil was not like that when he bought it). we drained the milky mixture from the engine and flushed it out. there was not a lot of water separated but enough to make me worry since the oil was not milky before.
MY question is: how could the water have found its way into the oil system from my just rinsing the top of the engine? is there something bigger at work here that I have missed. i cant believe i have blown a head gasket in the 5 days he has had the car. too much coincidence here.
I know i am not the first to come along with this but could not seem to find it in the forum.
thanks for the help.
-newby