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After just shy of 10 great years and 150k fun miles in my 2000 Cab, I opened my coolant reservoir recently to have a chocolate milkshake come spewing out. Knowing the news would be bad, I googled "996 oil in coolant", and the first page to come up was for Jake Raby's Flat 6 Inovations in the north Georgia mountains. His page spelled exactly what I would have cried to him on the phone. As it was, I simply had to say, "Scenario #1 on your website" ... and Jud Fink, Jake's #2 ... offered his condolences. He also offered hope, and got Jake on the phone to make sure I understood the issue and the possible cure. He made sure I understood that at 150k miles, my engine may be too worn / out of spec to warrant the repair he has developed. I was certainly willing to foot the bill to get it to him for his opinion. His shop is just 80 miles from my garage, so his local wrecker service was at my garage door the next morning to pick up my car. 2 days later, after a cursory inspection, Jake called to say that things look promising. I had put only few miles on the car with the intermix going on, and I guess that helped. On that basis, I accepted financial responsibility for the next step: engine removal and tear down to further determine for the potential for the repair he has developed for the M96 cracked head. This past Friday, he called again to discuss his findings and his verdict that he felt my car to be a good candidate. I signed more authorization forms, and the job is underway. I'll keep you posted on how it turns out. As an aside, Jake expressed his opinion that M96 water pumps should be changed every 3 years without waiting for a pump failure. He predicted on the phone that my pump (or a previous one) would be a factor in what happened. Upon opening it up, he found impeller parts in the coolant stream and already broken impellers in the pump currently installed. If you would like to see Jake's explanation of the problem: click HERE Or go to: http://www.flat6innovations.com/index.php/services/intermixed-oil-and-coolant-repairs Kim