oil in radiator cooling water

[olawale]

oil is find inside engine cooling water in the radiator, but no traces of water is found in engine oil when check. It has never affected the car working.
car details
Audi
model: A4
year: 95

[markyT]

Might be worth renewing your coolant just to check, if you take it to a garage they are definitely gonna wanna change your head gasket.

That'd be my advise: a full drain, flush and renewal of your coolant, if you still find oil then it's gonna be a bit more serious.

Incidentally: are you 'making coolant' by that I mean: is the level in your expansion tank increasing? are you losing oil? If so then it's a definite gasket problem.

[dougielogan]

I think you will find that the seal on the oil cooler is leaking, that's the bit the oil filter screws on to, you will see two water hoses on this, take the filter off then the pipes and a large nut (think it's about 27mm if memory serves), they are also prone to going porous and will have to be renewed, the reason there is no water in the engine is because the oil pressure is much higher than the cooling pressure, hope this helps, dougie.