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Shame Robbberd's thread didn't end with the reason for his contamination problems. He did go through 5 oil coolers though, and none of them cured it.
Earlier you mentioned doing a pressure test - did the pressure drop over time? It is possible that it could be a crack in the head or block, or HGF, but all of these are as good as unheard-of with the M47R. Is the coolant strength correct - and no chance of it freezing over the last winter? |
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As I said there is no oil/water mixed in the rad header tank. Although there is a little scum on and around the filler cap
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What about a search on BMW forum?
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I have had a general look. EGR cooler seems to a common denominator.
Have you got one of those?
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No ,Not that I know to, it also has a EGR By Pass
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Well the puzzle deepens.
I did a cold pressure test last night,I put pressure of 25 PSI into the water system left it overnight a total of 14 hours and checked this morning and there is NO drop in pressure.I released the rad cap and there was an escape of air. SO How is the water getting into the sump?? Next thing I am going to do is swap the oil cooler and see what that does, And if that doesnt work then maybe its the end of the road for it.
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Worth swapping the oil cooler if only to rule it out, but I have seen a suspected oil cooler failure on an M47R and the expansion tank was well contaminated with oil. As you have no evidence of that I can't see it being a failure between the pressurised oil feed and coolant channels.
It could be a failure of the head gasket or crack in the head or block leading to coolant leaking into one of the voids used by the oil to drain back into the sump. Only way to find that would be a strip down starting with removing the cylinder head though. A possible explanation as to to why the system retains pressure when cold could be that the crack opens up once the engine is warm? Hopefully someone can come up with an easier to fix suggestion to your symptoms, I'm afraid I am out of ideas. . Last edited by Mike Noc; 5th June 2019 at 07:48.. |
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I used a similar test rig as you showed.
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Yes that is a bit of a mystery. I can't think of anything other than a crack which only opens up once the engine is warm.
Your symptoms seem very similar to Robbberd's, so whilst this is a rare fault, it isn't unheard of. Real shame that there wasn't a positive conclusion to his thread. . Last edited by Mike Noc; 5th June 2019 at 12:33.. |
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