Z22YH OIL IN MY COOLANT??

[DAVE55]

Hi,
I have found the brown milky stuff on my coolant filler cap and black oil on some rag after dipping into the expansion bottle, can oil get in via a tired water pump or will it be the head gasket, I had a small amount of milky stuff on my oil filler cap through the winter but none since the weather warmed up?
Any help would be appreciated thanks

 

[evocarlos]

word on the vine is head gaskets rarely fail
more likely to be water pump from reading here

these engines are renowned to get creamy coffee milk in the oil filler car and normally a good drive on the motorway clears it but if you have oil in the water bottle it will need further investigation

 

[DAVE55]

word on the vine is head gaskets rarely fail
more likely to be water pump from reading here

these engines are renowned to get creamy coffee milk in the oil filler car and normally a good drive on the motorway clears it but if you have oil in the water bottle it will need further investigation

Thanks for your reply, I`ve been to my local garage & they said that it wouldn`t be the water pump & that it would most likley be the oil cooler (I can`t find any refrence to in my manual?) or head gasket or cracked head?? The car runs fine apart from some vibration just off tickover, that I think could be the worn clutch/dual mass. So its looking highly likley that I`ve got a full rebuild ahead