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Old 03-14-2010, 12:58 AM   #63 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dlmartin81 View Post
I talked to an old buddy of mine who used to be a mechanic and he said that a lot of time when oil is brown, it's due to a bad head gasket (I think it was a head gasket, that he said) and you have coolant getting in and mixing with the oil. I don't know, I think that's what he said.

Does this make sense to anyone else?
yep, your buddy is right. a blown head gasket will introduce coolant into the oil and will make it very milky...
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