Quote Originally Posted by TorqueAutoMotiv View Post
my buddys was making a lifter noise her flushed the engine with engine flush/deisel at oil change time and it fixed it dont know if thats your issue though as far as the oil in the coolant tank does the car still run dexcool(orangecoolant)
it gets nasty when contaminants get in it

id have a compression test done and a radiator flush if comp test is ok
check for oil/coolant in the valley between the blower/valve cover

and do a oil/engine flush with seafoam 1/2 can or that engine flush stuff and see if that doesnt help the ticking noise also spay some soapy water by the egr tube on the back manifold thats a spot that likes to leak exhaust

im sure others will chime in but just some thoughts
Nope on the Dexcool, already has green antifreeze in it, from probably when I thought the intake gaskets were done.

I can compression test it tomorrow myself if I get it and see what I have. I planned on tearing off the shroud and checking around. An EGR pipe leak would be awesome at the moment. Couple that to just bad intake gaskets and I am a happy camper ( as screwed up as that sounds, I know). I might even just hit that up myself but probably will still farm it out based on time. Coolant flush is 100% mandatory now, but thats the least of my worries. Sometimes a normal job where I was home every night would be nice.

The long weekend kinda screws up me getting much anything done myself because of a lack of parts places.

Thanks.