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Gleaner F3 433i oil in coolant

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Topic: Gleaner F3 433i oil in coolant
Posted By: Dave974
Subject: Gleaner F3 433i oil in coolant
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2018 at 3:43pm
As I was doing normal maintenance on my F3 the other day, I opened the radiator cap and found oily sludge around the top of the filler neck and the coolant that was light brown in color, resembling chocolate milk.  This is a new development, as everything looked good before wheat harvest earlier this summer.

Engine oil seems clean-- no coolant-- and was still hovering around full on the dipstick.  The level of the coolant was also where it should be.  Based on other forum posts, I suspected the engine oil cooler as the culprit.  I drained fluids and removed the oil cooler and took it to the radiator shop for testing.  Rad shop just called and said they pressure tested the cooler and can't find any leaks but told me it's possible that it could be leaking only when hot, which doesn't always show up in their testing??  I thought about just replacing the cooler to be sure but checked with the Agco dealer and was told that the cooler is NLA.

Now I need to figure out where to go form here.  Should I dig deeper into the cooler or am I possibly looking at a head gasket or cavitation issue?  I thought about bypassing the coolant lines around the cooler and running the engine up to temp to see if any oil comes out the coolant tubes.  Suggestions on further troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance!



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Posted By: AlexT
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2018 at 3:47pm
Might want to figure out if it’s a head gasket or not first unless you know of a parts machine somewhere good luck


Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2018 at 4:10pm
Engine oil cooler underneath the oil filter.


Posted By: Dave974
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2018 at 4:33pm
Originally posted by DrAllis DrAllis wrote:


Engine oil cooler underneath the oil filter.


Correct, that's the cooler I removed and had pressure tested.

Would you recommend temporarily bypassing the cooler to completely rule it out as the source of the problem or would it be best to look into other things? Any concerns with running the engine with the cooler bypassed?


Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2018 at 10:39am
my F2 had same thing right before I got it.I wasn't involved so can't say for sure but was led to believe it was just an oring that failed and let oil into coolant.Doc may know if that's possible? Finally did the Dawn dish soap douche to get oil out of system.


Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2018 at 9:54pm
Have saw the same thing. Test good but replaced cooler and fixed the problem. MACK



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