hi
i have oil in the water on my S-type 3.0 auto
trying to remove the radiator, i cant see how to seperate the rad from the air con unit
i thought it would just slip off the plastic clips, which are on each side
frightend i might break some thing
is oil in the water a common problem

 

Very uncommon.

 

i have tried to do that just now
i put my info in when i first joined but the only thing that came up was location
i have now updated it
i too am from yorkshire

 

must be doing some thing wrong

 

i have seen a few posts/threads of failed heat exchanger cores with in the radiator .
this causes coolant in the trans and trans fluid in the coolant .
there are bolts on the front side of the rad to remove . and you will need to slightly bend the A/C pipe to get the lower radiator outlet past it .
unless you de-gass the the A/C . And remove the evaporator also .

 

when you say oil in the water, what exactly are you seeing? Do you just see some dark colored oily residue sitting at the top or on the sides of the overflow tank? Is it a brown gray milkshake type of sludge all throughout each one of these all the cooling system? What does the oil look like?

 

a thick white sluge

 

Can you post some pictures?
I think that will help.
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agreed. Trying to help but you are way too vague

 

his is what came out of my radiator and top tank

 

Oh damn. Ya thats bad. Could be the trans cooler leaking in the radiator. If the oil looks good and not brown gray milkshakelike then check your trans fluid.

as for the radiator, it should come tight out the top once you disconnect the lines hoses fan and mounting bolts. Its not attached to the ac as far as I recall