i have just recently done a rs turbo rebuild ,i put on a genuine rs turbo head gasket from ford as i heard they was good,i also took of the oil cooler housing to paint the block,when started i have oil goin straight into the water ,thought was head gasket so removed the head to find no problems, cud it be posinle that a seal sitting on wrong on the oil cooler on these cud lead to this problem ? also any way these oil coolers can pack up ? cheers guys

 

If it's a modine type oil coooler this is almost defo the problem.
I have heard of these going kaputt inside and mixing oil/water before.
tabetha

 

nah mate its jus a oil filter type cooler if i kinkd one of the seals that do it ?

 

NO defo not, the actual insides of the cooler are seperate, well they should be anyway.
By normal you mean the one that goes between the block and the oil filter, with two 1/2" diameter hoses going to and from it ?
tabetha

 

car see a prob wid it took it of 2day gona drop down engine centre in morn he gona test it for me and also check head so hopefully tell me what goin on

 

Hope it's good news for you.
tabetha

 

is your turbocharger watercooled??????????

i assume it will be if its a s2 escort

have seen a few turbo cores cracked before today ,giving the symptoms you describe
worth checking before ripping motor down to bits