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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Or if you've ever had a cylinder head crack, so that coolant mixes in with the oil while the engine's running. Turns into this creamy gunk, which doesn't separate out again. I kept a bottle of it around for years, just to see if it would...
BTW, the naivity I meant wasn't about the diesel-water emulsion, but the idea that a high official wouldn't lie.
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When I bought my 89 6k wagon, the guy said it had a blown head gasket. It had been sitting for 6 years after he parked it in the field behind his house. When I checked the oil, it looked perfectly normal. It wasn't until I ran it for a few minutes that the water mixed in and it was a milky mess. It wasn't new oil either, and upon driving it home the level didn't rise, so I know it had water in the oil when parked.
Yeah that was my first thought about lying high officials. Corruption by high officials seems like a weekly story in the paper around here. I'd believe them less than anyone.
Maybe it's different when mixed well enough, but normally water in the gas makes a car run like garbage, or not at all.