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Hotshot · 05-26-2012, 02:19 PM

I have a 1999 chevy camaro V6 with a second generation engine and there is water in the oil what could that be I was told that, the second generation engine was made out of aluminum. Can anyone help me

xXSilencerXx · 05-26-2012, 02:31 PM

You mean there's water coming out with the oil when you drain it? Or are you saying you have coolant in the oil?

Hotshot · 05-26-2012, 02:35 PM

No there is water in the oil, You pull out the dip stick and it looks like chocolate milk. I bought this Camaro for a project car (to make it better than a newer camaro) I bought it from a girl so she didn't know what she was talking about. I'm just making sure it's heads before I start taking the engine out.

demonspeed · 05-26-2012, 03:18 PM

Coolant = water. I'd check your intake gasket. Common on the 3800.

xXSilencerXx · 05-26-2012, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotshot

No there is water in the oil, You pull out the dip stick and it looks like chocolate milk. I bought this Camaro for a project car (to make it better than a newer camaro) I bought it from a girl so she didn't know what she was talking about. I'm just making sure it's heads before I start taking the engine out.

That's coolant, not water.

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Originally Posted by demonspeed

Coolant = water. I'd check your intake gasket. Common on the 3800.

Only reason I asked is that condensation can cause some yellow gunk to build up underneath the fill cap. Freaked me out the first time I saw it.

Hotshot · 05-27-2012, 08:16 PM

Yea sorry it's coolant. I'm used to saying water and not coolant it's shorter

Hotshot · 05-27-2012, 08:17 PM

Thanks, I was told that it was much worse than what it is.

05-26-2012, 02:19 PM	#1
Hotshot Drives: black 1999 chevy camaro Join Date: May 2012 Location: Quanah Texas Posts: 4	1999 chevy camaro problem I have a 1999 chevy camaro V6 with a second generation engine and there is water in the oil what could that be I was told that, the second generation engine was made out of aluminum. Can anyone help me

05-26-2012, 02:31 PM	#2
xXSilencerXx Butter Bar! Drives: 2011 SS, 1998 Trans Am Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Patrick AFB, FL Posts: 1,364	You mean there's water coming out with the oil when you drain it? Or are you saying you have coolant in the oil? __________________ 2011 Camaro SS, White/Orange, LSR Short Throw, CAI 1998 Trans Am, Red, H/C/I, 3200 CircleD Stall, full suspension 2004 GSXR 1k, Matt Mladin Edition

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demonspeed not afraid of the wall Drives: Camaros Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 2,148	Coolant = water. I'd check your intake gasket. Common on the 3800. __________________ 2023 1LE 1SS BCD GCF JF5 MN6 SIA SLN UQT 10/13/22: 1100 Past Camaros: 13 1LE\|02 SS\|01 Z28\|00 SS\|91 1LE\|91 Z28\|89 IROC-Z

05-26-2012, 02:35 PM	#3
Hotshot Drives: black 1999 chevy camaro Join Date: May 2012 Location: Quanah Texas Posts: 4	No there is water in the oil, You pull out the dip stick and it looks like chocolate milk. I bought this Camaro for a project car (to make it better than a newer camaro) I bought it from a girl so she didn't know what she was talking about. I'm just making sure it's heads before I start taking the engine out.

05-27-2012, 08:16 PM	#6
Hotshot Drives: black 1999 chevy camaro Join Date: May 2012 Location: Quanah Texas Posts: 4	Yea sorry it's coolant. I'm used to saying water and not coolant it's shorter

05-27-2012, 08:17 PM	#7
Hotshot Drives: black 1999 chevy camaro Join Date: May 2012 Location: Quanah Texas Posts: 4	Thanks, I was told that it was much worse than what it is.