Help...this doesn't look good!!!
Help...this doesn't look good!!! Swapped out throttle body today and had yellowish foamy stuff where the tube comes into the tb from the valve cover...opened up the oil fill cap and...
car seems to be running fine not blowing any smoke or rough idle or anything coolant looks a tad low but no low light on...please tell me its not a head gasket?
car seems to be running fine not blowing any smoke or rough idle or anything coolant looks a tad low but no low light on...please tell me its not a head gasket?
It's not a head gasket. That color is caused from water ( condensation ) and oil mixing but as long as the dipstick is not the same color I wouldn't worry. Sometimes the humidity will cause it. Just clean the cap real good cause you don't want what little bit is on the cap circulating through the engine.
Originally Posted by blue98Z
It's not a head gasket. That color is caused from water ( condensation ) and oil mixing but as long as the dipstick is not the same color I wouldn't worry. Sometimes the humidity will cause it. Just clean the cap real good cause you don't want what little bit is on the cap circulating through the engine.
Originally Posted by 2001NBMZ28
Condensation due to a lot of short trips? My car has never done that though...
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Originally Posted by joenels
I drive 35 miles each way to work and back every day including today...the other thing is like I said I dont see any pcv valve and that same yellow sludge is getting blown through the hose into the throttle body which cant be good...I'm guessing I need a catch can?
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I've heard some people say that Quaker State oil can also give that same appearance as a blown head gasket when looking at the dipstick...
Can anyone confirm this?
Can anyone confirm this?
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That looks like more than an incidental amount to me. That's not far from what my filler cap looked like when my truck's block cracked.
You don't need to start freaking out, just keep your oil change intervals short and start taking some long trips (over 100 miles). Take a nice Saturday or Sunday morning with some coffee and a cigar and go somewhere and come back. Drive that moisture out of your engine.
It may be common, but it's not desireable. It can hide a real problem if you don't keep it in check.
You don't need to start freaking out, just keep your oil change intervals short and start taking some long trips (over 100 miles). Take a nice Saturday or Sunday morning with some coffee and a cigar and go somewhere and come back. Drive that moisture out of your engine.
It may be common, but it's not desireable. It can hide a real problem if you don't keep it in check.