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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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What is that under my oil cap?

WTF is that?

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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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WTH...Peanut Butter?
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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Condensation. Too many short drives maybe?
Get the motor to make some heat for a while and that will go away.

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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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dip stick looks OK?
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by pshooter
Condensation. Too many short drives maybe?
Get the motor to make some heat for a while and that will go away.

Shoe
That would make sense. I do a lot of short drives since work is only like 2 miles from my home. During winter, engine didn't even had the time to reach operating temp completely sometimes.

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dip stick looks OK?
Dipstick and oil looked OK, I noticed that in the oil cap yesterday while doing my oil change.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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Probly just some condensation. If you do alot of short trips or dont give enough time to burn off any moisture it may leave that goo stuff.

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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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wow that is a first, I would drain your oil Immediately and see if any comes out of the oil tank. If it does look in the oil tank, if not pull your valve cover.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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Do you use any additives?
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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I went back in the garage to look at the oil cap again. It's mostly gone so the condensation would make sense since I did a 50 miles trip after changing the oil yesterday.

I never used any additives, it was my 5th oil change on the car (I'm at 30 000 km and I change the oil every 6000 km)

1st oil change at 6000km: dealer used Royal Purple 5w20 since I wanted synthetic oil
2nd oil change at 12000km: Did it myself, Mobil 1 EP 5w30
3rd oil change at 18000km: Myself, Pennzoil Platinum 5w20
4th oil change at 24000km: Myself, Pennzoil Platinum 5w20
5th oil change at 30000km: Myself, Pennzoil Platinum 5w20 (yesterday)

The oil that got out of the engine yesterday looked just fine, dirty, but nothing weird.
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