Yellow sludge oil cap ??

[Ddppss]

First post
I took the oil cap off and this is one i saw...
What the hell is this ?! Lol something to worry about? I've had a phase 1 Mk 2 and never seen this and a Beamer and never seen it... ?

 

[Adam.]

Headgasket?

Do you do long or short journeys?

When did you last do an oil change?

 

[Daniel]

It's standard behaviour in a 1.2. Short journeys, long plastic filler neck full of condensation.

Clear it all out, go for a long drive and check again, it will be fine.

 

[Ddppss]

Headgasket?

Do you do long or short journeys?

When did you last do an oil change?

erm well I do do a lot of short journeys yes. I've only had the car 3 weeks and they said they did a service so I'm guessing only 3 weeks ago? But they might of not changed the oil. The oil on the dip stick doesn't look too bad. And there's no sludge on there.?

my coolant seems to be leaking behind under the airbox aswell :s is this connected ?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Standard feature on the 1.2 IIRC.

Condensation due to not getting hot enough.. think the breather is a pretty naff design ?

 

[Ddppss]

Standard feature on the 1.2 IIRC.

Condensation due to not getting hot enough.. think the breather is a pretty naff design ?

Oh good glad it's nothing major! :approve:

But is the coolant water leak anything to do with it or is that a separate problem...
Think I'm gonna take it into the garage... :dapprove:

 

[Fred@BTM]

did you buy it from a dealer/trader? you're covered by 6month warranty legally anyway (but as said the mayo thing is a factory feature!)

 

[Ddppss]

I did buy is from a dealer yer. Oh right - he didn't say anything about a warranty. So you recon I'm covered anyway?

 

[Ddppss]

Crap sorry people just release this thread is in the wrong bit ! Should be in the repairs bit etc ?

 

[Fred@BTM]

yep its the law

http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rig...econd-hand-cars/second-hand-cars-your-rights/

 

[Alex H]

As above, clean it all out, give it a long run to get the oil temp up and it'll all disappear - only to re-appear again in six months

 

[Chrisgti6]

yep its the law

http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rig...econd-hand-cars/second-hand-cars-your-rights/

Where does it say anything about a 6 month warranty? I'm pretty sure there is no such thing.

 

[deer_dodger]

This reminds me of both my 1.6 and 1.9 205 GTis when I lived in London. Their plastic filler neck is miles away from the engine and was always full on gunge in the winter.

 

[Advikaz]

System flush. Long run.

Should be fine. If it comes back it could be a head gasket on its way...

 

[M@tt_182]

System flush. Long run.

Should be fine. If it comes back it could be a head gasket on its way...

As above, mine was worse than yours and after a good clean out and some fresh oil it's still clean 4 months on.