Hi, so I bought at 2012 RCZ THP 156 recently off of an auction site. I drove it around for a bit and my brother told me that the car was smoking like crazy when I floored it. Also when we checked the coolant it was pretty much black and I’m not a fully qualified mechanic but even I know that its not supposed to be black. I’ve been wondering about all the things that can cause this. I’ve read that it could be a blown head gasket or there might be a leak in the oil cooling system and it could be getting into the coolant reservoir. If someone can give insight into this that would be wonderful. Thank you.
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Got it for like 2.3k
darko
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Hey buddy, posted about the same issue here few days ago.... I did replace the two gaskets on the oil cooler and flush the coolant few times, added new oil and coolant and that seems to fix the problem for me. Before putting money down for this repair I would suggest to check if any misfire, confirm the engine running good without any codes as any misfire can be associated with blown head gasket if mixing oil into coolant or coolant into the oil. Check my post here to see the images I posted!
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Blown head gasket or oil cooler gasket?
Hi, I have an RCZ THP 200 Petrol that started mixing oil into the coolant, from what I can see the coolant went almost black from pink, the car is running without any issues no struggle or jigger, no fault codes, this happened as the weather got warmer here, noticed smoke from left driver side...
Would you be able to tell me where the oil cooler it’s located?Hey buddy, posted about the same issue here few days ago.... I did replace the two gaskets on the oil cooler and flush the coolant few times, added new oil and coolant and that seems to fix the problem for me. Before putting money down for this repair I would suggest to check if any misfire, confirm the engine running good without any codes as any misfire can be associated with blown head gasket if mixing oil into coolant or coolant into the oil. Check my post here to see the images I posted!
Blown head gasket or oil cooler gasket?
Hi, I have an RCZ THP 200 Petrol that started mixing oil into the coolant, from what I can see the coolant went almost black from pink, the car is running without any issues no struggle or jigger, no fault codes, this happened as the weather got warmer here, noticed smoke from left driver side...
darko
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This is for THP200, prob the same spot....
Check this video done on MINI same part and location, you need the same gaskets but double check this may not be the same part numbers as on the video for the THP156.
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Thank you bro
I’ll check it when I get time.darko
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You're welcome!Thank you bro
darko
New Member
Idk how much is you to do machine flush of the coolant, where I'm from it cost me like 100 euros for full machine chemical clean of the coolant system including deep clean of the coolant tank.... You can try to do this before anything else, new coolant will be added and can be just that easy and cheap fix of your issue.