ryamn

I’ve been wanting a 2nd gen is for a while and theres an awd 09 with under 200k miles lowered with wheels for 2.5k on marketplace but the owner says he found oil in the radiator. He claims it never over heated. What seals would have gone bad or is it the head gasket, I can’t find much tutorial wise on working on the is motors so coming here to ask
thanks

LeX2K

Very likely blown head gasket. It is possible for a radiator to fail causing coolant/oil mixing via a failed transmission cooler but if I'm not mistaken the 2.5 transmission cooler is not part of the radiator it is a separate unit. If the car is a manual transmission then almost a certainty the engine has blown head gasket(s).

Keep looking unless you want to buy someone else's problem.