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Title: white under oil cap?
Post by: acw592 on January 03, 2005, 04:12:52 PM

Anybody ever have that white milky stuff on the underside of their oil cap? Is that normal? I noticed some tonight when I added a little oil. My coolant level was just down a little in the overflow. I had a hose clamp leaking last week on one of the heater hoses

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: wildgoody on January 03, 2005, 04:17:49 PM

That's water, could be from the cold weather,
or from too much short trip driving, and not
getting the oil and engine up to full heat opperating
temp, and it could be a coolant leak, but that would
be a blown head gasket, if the water keeps dropping
in the radiator, it could be that, more than likley
it's just the weather and wet conditions

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: acw592 on January 03, 2005, 04:28:55 PM

Thanks Wild,
Thats what I was hopeing. I had 2 toyota 4x4's with the 22r motors and I put head gaskets in both of them. This things getting too many miles on it to mess with that. I'd just rebuild it or look for a good 16 valve, neither of which do I really want to  do right now!

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: wildgoody on January 03, 2005, 04:35:37 PM

If it's not bad just drive it untill the weather gets
better, I think I have had a blown gasket since Moab
2004   :o

I'm going 16V, don't want to do all that
work for nothing, and it's not bad so I just
drive it, I don't get any white buildup either

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: acw592 on January 03, 2005, 04:39:16 PM

If I could find a decent 16v, is there much to dropping one in? I wasn't sure how much different they were.

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: wildgoody on January 03, 2005, 04:40:40 PM

It's just the head and the intake system,
can be a PITA without a donor vehicle to
get all the bits from

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: acw592 on January 03, 2005, 04:43:47 PM

I talked to a guy today that had a rolled 2wd with a 16v. I think he wants to hang on to it though(for a sami).

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: wildgoody on January 03, 2005, 04:48:48 PM

That would be a good donor,
I'd like to find a XL7 motorhome
pusher that has been rolled, I'd
be all over that

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: Maiden Hell on January 04, 2005, 08:30:20 AM

I get that white milky shit too, but I always let my ride warm up before I drive it in the winter.  I might have a slight leak, but I never have to add rad fluid.

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: wildgoody on January 04, 2005, 09:38:47 AM

It's not just warming up, it needs to
get hot for a while to drive out the
water vapor that collects when the
engine cools after it's been running

Title: Re: white under oil cap?
Post by: Maiden Hell on January 04, 2005, 10:03:48 AM

Oh ok, I understand, thanks for the info.