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Why car radiator got oil?

I have a nissan sentra 1998 - B14model. Last week I notice present of ol in the radiator and the engine got heat up when I accelerate.


You have a couple of probably the best and correct answers: a blown or failed (head) gasket. However, you could also have a cracked head or block (though you would probably notice this elswhere also if the engine is not cracked so bad it quit), and

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