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Old 01-15-2003, 09:33 PM
psfred psfred is offline
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Probably water pump lubricant. I've seen the same on my 280 SE, just a few tiny spots of dark oil floating in the filler neck, never change.

If you have a bad head gasket or cracked head, you will also get cold pressure in the cooling system, and quite a bit more oil than that!

Peter
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