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Old 04-11-2006, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Eljaro
Condensation would not produce the white slik you saw.
Actually, it will.

Two of my own cars come to mind. First, my old 760turbo, whenever I pulled the dipstick, or took the oil cap off when I wasn't driving it much, especially in the winter, there would be a yellowish-white milkey coating on the surfaces. Sometimes quite a bit, and a little gross. Some might suggest that there was a leak somewhere, but I doubt it, as I never found any water in the oil, or had evidence of loss from cooling system. The car ran fine for years like that.

The second car, a '67 Porsche 912, would also show the same sludge during the winter, at times when I wasn't driving it too much. And, sometime even when I was. I'm pretty sure there wasn't a coolant leak on that car, as it never had any coolant to leak....oil/air cooled motor. :-)

Of course, you could also have a leak.

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