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Oil cap
While I was trying to solve my idle - ISV problems, I removed oil cap to
see if I have vacuum leak, and it looks like this: http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41b0e...RivuBBW4VfwRBN I changed oil one month ago - some 500 miles (Castrol GTX - mineral oil). All this time car is driven on short distances (2 - 2.5 miles) to work and back. It never looked like this. I am going to drive it on a highway, for some 200 miles to see if it will go away. Is it safe? Is it only deposit cosed by short distance driving, or am I facing some major reprise? -- ___ ____ /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** |
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"Yvan" > wrote in message ... > While I was trying to solve my idle - ISV problems, I removed oil cap to > see if I have vacuum leak, and it looks like this: > > http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41b0e...RivuBBW4VfwRBN The link can´t be found. But...i´m curious!...so please fix it ) -- Gio |
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Nedavno Jesper Giovanni pise:
| The link can´t be found. | But...i´m curious!...so please fix it ) Sory, I just tried Yahoo's photos service. Try this link, and click on photo. Hope it works now :-) http://photos.yahoo.com/perlica -- ___ ____ /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** |
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Looks to me as if you have water getting into the oil. Head gasket ?? Not
a good sign Regards Richard "Yvan" > wrote in message ... > While I was trying to solve my idle - ISV problems, I removed oil cap to > see if I have vacuum leak, and it looks like this: > > http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41b0e...RivuBBW4VfwRBN > > I changed oil one month ago - some 500 miles (Castrol GTX - mineral > oil). All this time car is driven on short distances (2 - 2.5 miles) to > work and back. > > It never looked like this. I am going to drive it on a highway, for some > 200 miles to see if it will go away. Is it safe? Is it only deposit > cosed by short distance driving, or am I facing some major reprise? > > -- > ___ ____ > /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** > / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** > /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** |
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That's "mayonnaise" caused by water in the oil. Probably because of the very
short trips your are making in cold weather. Buy yourself a bike . Rgds Alec --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.809 / Virus Database: 551 - Release Date: 09/12/2004 |
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Coolant, probably, but Ivan is running dual fuel (gasoline / LP ) so it could be
a side effect of the LP. Seems to me that burning LP generates water as a by-product of combusion. This is nothing more than a guess to give Ivan another possibility. Tony '91 100q Richard Wall wrote: > Looks to me as if you have water getting into the oil. Head gasket ?? Not > a good sign > Regards Richard > "Yvan" > wrote in message > ... > >>While I was trying to solve my idle - ISV problems, I removed oil cap to >>see if I have vacuum leak, and it looks like this: >> >>http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41b0e...RivuBBW4VfwRBN >> >>I changed oil one month ago - some 500 miles (Castrol GTX - mineral >>oil). All this time car is driven on short distances (2 - 2.5 miles) to >>work and back. >> >>It never looked like this. I am going to drive it on a highway, for some >>200 miles to see if it will go away. Is it safe? Is it only deposit >>cosed by short distance driving, or am I facing some major reprise? >> >>-- >> ___ ____ >> /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** >> / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** >> /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** > > > |
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Nedavno Tony pise:
| Coolant, probably, but Ivan is running dual fuel (gasoline / LP ) so | it could be a side effect of the LP. Seems to me that burning LP | generates water as a by-product of combusion. This is nothing more | than a guess to give Ivan another possibility. I am going to check coolant level. I was told that burning LPG generates water, and that exost silencers will have to be changed more often. But how would that wather find it's way into oil? -- ___ ____ /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** |
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Nedavno KWS pise:
| Looks to me that someone put lithium grease on the cap thread so it | would come off easier. Suggest you wipe this crap off and drive the | car for a day or so; see if it recurs. Also, look into the hole at | the lubricant on the lifters; does it look just like the stuff on the | cap? I looked and I couldn't see this white stuff nowhere else but on the cap. And there can be nothing on the cap because I changed oil recently myself, and car was not at any mechanic since. -- ___ ____ /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** |
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Nedavno Glenn Spence pise:
| My guess is short trips and motor not up to temperature long enough to | release the water. The 200 mile ride might be overdoing it but a 20 | to 50 mile one will tell the story. If it's gone after the ride then | it's just the short trips. So should I clean cap before or just drive some 50 miles, and then see if it is gone? -- ___ ____ /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** |
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Strange. If coolant was getting into the oil, then I would expect to see
this elsewhere. Perhaps there is some reason it would accumulate as it has in your image, but I don't understand how. Perhaps one explanation is that the lifters are hot enough to boil off any moisture and it condenses on the cap. Per my initial posting, I suggest you wipe the stuff off and see if it is back in a day or so. Also, if coolant is getting into your oil, you should see evidence of it on the dipstick. What's happening there? Ken "Yvan" > wrote in message ... > Nedavno KWS pise: > > | Looks to me that someone put lithium grease on the cap thread so it > | would come off easier. Suggest you wipe this crap off and drive the > | car for a day or so; see if it recurs. Also, look into the hole at > | the lubricant on the lifters; does it look just like the stuff on the > | cap? > > I looked and I couldn't see this white stuff nowhere else but on the > cap. And there can be nothing on the cap because I changed oil recently > myself, and car was not at any mechanic since. > > > > -- > ___ ____ > /__/ / \ ** Registrovani korisnik Linuksa #291606 ** > / / \/ /\ \ ** http://counter.li.org/ ** > /__/\____/--\__\ ** Reply at: iimperl - at - ml1 - dot - net ** |
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