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Old 02-14-2008, 02:49 PM
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I just did my first oil change on my car, I did it 2,000 miles early because my oil pressure indicator showed my oil pressure was way down.
I knew I had a pretty bad oil leak and thought I might be running low on oil.
I checked it and found that there was water all over the cap and what looked like butter lol.
What does this mean?
Old 02-14-2008, 03:26 PM
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had the same thing, apparently its common in cold weather
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Pretty normal. It will be worse if you let your car idle a lot. As soon as it's warmed up drive it, don't let it idle excessively if you're doing that now. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to warm up. Nothing to really worry about though you just might not want go as long between oil changes.


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