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Apr 6, 2005 | 04:37 PM

Taphee6

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From: Cary Il

white foam

Anyone ever have a white foam form on the oil fill cap and tube? It almost looks like lith grease? What is it and what causes it?

Apr 6, 2005 | 04:47 PM

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Sounds like moisture in the oil.

Apr 6, 2005 | 04:50 PM

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Condensation in the oil.

Caused by not heating up the car all the way ( like a 15-20 minute ride to work ).

Very normal - I spent $$$ checking into it thinking something was wrong 2 years ago..

Apr 6, 2005 | 04:52 PM

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I just changed the oil when i found this. The oil from the pan and filter look good.

Apr 6, 2005 | 04:54 PM

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Hopefully it's just condensation, as has been said. Pull the dipstick and make sure your oil doesn't look like a milkshake. If so, you'll need to find the source of the coolant-to-oil leak right away (head gasket, cracked head, etc.).

Apr 6, 2005 | 07:09 PM

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Do you run a full PCV system? Running around on the street without a pcv system(especially in cold weather) can cause this. It happened to me....put the pcv back on and no more sprack in the oil cap.