2003 Saab 9-5 has engine oil floating in the radiator overflow bottle
James’s question:
2003 Saab 9-5 has engine oil floating in the radiator overflow bottle. I’m the only one who goes under there, so I know something’s wrong, nobody could have poured it in there. Please tell me I don’t need a head gasket job.”
Answer:
OK, you don’t need a head gasket job, there. Although, of course, you might indeed need one. BUT, I fixed one a couple months ago with the same problem. Since the owner told me he had never overheated the engine, I doubted the head gasket was blown as he only had thirty thousand miles on the car. In his case, the oil cooler that is under the manifold had sprung a leak, and coolant got mixed in with the oil that way. Let’s hope yours has the same problem, it’s a WHOLE lot cheaper than tearing that engine down.
