Whats in my Oil??
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Staging Lane
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Whats in my Oil?? decided to check my oil and saw this stuff in it. please help identify what it is, what caused it, and how to fix this cause i dont think this is normal 
Yup he said it ^^^^^ how long have u owned the car, how many miles def looks like a head gasket Does it har water in the exhaust when it's running or smokes white??
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i cant believe this i mean head gasket was replaced about a year and a half ago and i dont drive hard at all...its like thing went from worse to good and now worse again...i have no idea what to do cause i cant rebuild the whole motor :/ any ideas?
no has no white smoke at all!! and never seen water
no has no white smoke at all!! and never seen water
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If you ruled out head gaskets, then it's condensation from the engine. Are you running a cooler thermostat in cool temps because the engine may not be reaching proper engine temperature, therefore, creating the condensation.
Should disappear once engine reaches normal operating temps...
Should disappear once engine reaches normal operating temps...
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i think the thermostat is cooler than stock..i bought the car how it is 4 years ago abd i think the previous owner did do the thermostat lower...car has been sitting for the past 4 months if that matters...i do start it up every other day but havent driven it...bad lifter
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Ive had a couple of cars with the same thing. My 454 suburban looks JUST like that, and has a cooler thermostat. Lots of short trips make it worse. A couple of towing stints and it heats up REAL good and goes away for the most part. Hope this helps, Eric L
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If its just under the cap It's probably condensation. If all of the oil looks like that then there is most likely a head gasket problem. Clean it up god and keep checking it. It should take some time to look like that again.
It's condensation from starting the car and not driving it. If you are not going to drive the car stop starting it every other day. That is the worst thing you can do to an engine. It won't hurt it to sit until you fix it, if you want you can wrench the engine over once in a while to keep the valve springs from taking a set.
It's condensation from starting the car and not driving it. If you are not going to drive the car stop starting it every other day. That is the worst thing you can do to an engine. It won't hurt it to sit until you fix it, if you want you can wrench the engine over once in a while to keep the valve springs from taking a set.
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It's condensation from starting the car and not driving it. If you are not going to drive the car stop starting it every other day. That is the worst thing you can do to an engine. It won't hurt it to sit until you fix it, if you want you can wrench the engine over once in a while to keep the valve springs from taking a set.