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I will keep a close ey on things and check back here if anything nasty comes up.
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Is it what I think it is? I started the car this morning and a fairly large puff of white smoke came out the exaust for about 5 seconds. Below are pics of the Oil Fill and Oil Cap with yellow gunky stuff. '03 C2 37K CPO until 12/08.
air / oil seperator? if it give a little puff then goes away that can be normal. especially if you have not driven it in a few days. it is just burning off some oil that made it past the rings.
I drove it about 45 miles last week on one trip. Since then, a few short errand trips. I searched and found another post where the consensus was condensation. I changed the oil less than 1,000 miles ago.
edit - I remember now that the 45 mile trip was taken in one of our other cars. I'm not sure when I last drove it for an extended time. Maybe that's it. Should I take a rag and remove most of the yellow stuff?
It probably wouldn't hurt, but it's the stuff you can't see that is going to cause problems and that is excessive moisture in the crankcase due to not getting the car warm enough. Short trips are car killers.
The best thing would be to plan your trips so that the car gets fully warm every drive. The next best would be to take a longer drive at least weekly. And you should probably change the oil much more frequently if you are going to continue taking a lot of short trips.
However, if you see that kind of residue on the dip stick when you first pull it out to check the oil level manually, you have bigger issues (possible coolant/oil mixing).
Condensation likely. I had seen something similar in mine once. Take it out for a longer drive and recheck the inside of the cap and filler tube afterwards.
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When I purchased my 2000 C2 it had some yellowish milky gunk under the oil filler cap, although not nearly as much as in your pictures. I wiped off the gunk and did an oil change and after two years I have not had a recurrence. I do, however, try to get the car up to normal operating temps. as often as possible.
I would wipe up the gunk and perform an oil change ASAP. If there is that much condensation in the oil it is certainly not providing adequate protection.
BTW, it is good to hear that your dipstick did not show signs of oil/coolant intermix because your pics. are pretty scary.
You will be OK. A little white smoke on start up is not unheard on the 996. One day I cleared the garage at Pocono when I started mine. As others have pointed out, the yellow goop is from condensation with the oil. You need to drive the car for longer trips to get the oil hot enough to "dry out" the oil.......how hard can that be. "Honey, but I need to drive the car more and longer, the guys on the internet said so......."
I had this happen when I move the car out of the gargage and only have the engine on for a minute or two and then allow the car to sit for a day. Otherwise no issue.
Did you check your coolant level??? Symptoms of oil/coolant mix usually starts with a nasty thirst of coolant... and the "milky way" in your oil filler tube. Last time I saw that (as seen in your pics) it sure did cost me a bundle! But I wouldn't worry so much in your case since your car is CPO and still under warranty, right...? Good luck and keep us posted!
My coolant has always been right around the MIN mark. It hasn't changed. I will keep a close ey on things and check back here if anything nasty comes up. I really hope I never have to use the warranty except maybe for little things.
I'm pretty sure it's just condensation due to a couple of things: cold damp weather and short drives that don't get the engine warmed up properly. Mine often looks like that in the winter months especially when I don't drive it as much, but I've never seen it in the summer. Go for a long spirited drive and I'll bet it goes away.
It is one of two things, a) excess condensation due to not getting the car up to operating temp because of your short drives, or b) you car has been hanging around some BMW's and it has the clap.
You know...I've got the same smegma in my oil filler tube and I drive my car *every day* at highway speeds for 30 minutes to one hour. Every day - get the car plenty warm - and the same smegma or worse.
Just for the record.
Check this link. It should be alright. I suggest you get it up to temp and run her good and hard.
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index...il++mayonnaise
