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Old Oct 29, 2019 | 09:06 PM
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Default Possible headgasket need help!

Hello all I have a 2011 LR2 with the 3.2 and it’s having a strange issue I’d like some feedback on before I pull the parts trigger! I purchased this LR2 a few days ago and everything was perfectly normal. The coolant level was in the right place and the oil while dark was not low or overfilled. Drove great no issues super clean good service history. I parked the car while I stopped a friends house since I had a 200 mile drive ahead of me for about 2 hours. When I go to leave I start the truck and the low coolant warning is on. So i assume there must be a small coolant leak somewhere no big deal it was barely below the low mark. Top it off and make my journey back. Go all 200 miles no issues. I get off the interstate and the low coolant light comes on. I assume that coming to a stop sloshed it around enough to trigger the warning. Get it home it’s barely low so I top it off and take it over to my shop leave it parked outside overnight. Come back didn’t lose any coolant was right where it should be. I get it lifted up take the skid plate off and do an oil change and check for leaks. I don’t see any leaks there is no signs of coolant leaking or having leaked anywhere externally. Oil was dark but nothing odd. After my oil change I take it and drive it for maybe 20-30 mins park it back and take out a different car. Left it overnight came back to take it out and it’s substantially low on coolant. I pull the dip stick and it is pure milk shake. Nearly the entire coolant tank had to be in the oil. I’m so confused at this point because the truck never overheated never skipped a beat makes 0 sense. Used a scan tool the whole way home as I do with any new car to monitor temps as you can never trust a gauge and it ran 190-198 the whole time. Never misfired nothing. So basically here is where I am at: Car does not overheat, coolant is in the oil but there is not oil in the coolant tank, no bubbles in the coolant tank, but the coolant tank will have a white haze come out of it that does smell light exhaust but could be paranoid, pulled spark plugs and they looked normal not cleaned off as if coolant has been burning, it’s been to cold and rainy to tell if the car smokes excessively seems normal for the temp outside, no smell of burnt coolant, has cylinder 1 misfire code with no noticeable misfire, and it has a code with the description of low exhaust temperature at startup. What does anyone else out there think? I’m fearing headgasket but I just don’t see that being the case is there anywhere else that could cause these symptoms? Such as an oil cooler issue or anything like that? I’ve never heard of one of these Volvo motors blowing a headgasket the 3.2 SI6 is usually a very strong motor other than some read unit failures.
 
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