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topped the oil up on the buggy today and noticed a load of white curse word round the neck and inside the cap where you pour the oil. this mean anything to anyone on here?
that said once i topped the oil up the car seemed to go ok without conking out once
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white curse word?arthurbrown
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best case the oil filler isn't sealing & moisture is getting in.
Worst case = f*cked head gasket.
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white curse word?rustingdeathtrap
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Condensation caused by making lots of short journeys and the engine not getting hot enough to burn off the moisture caused by the combustion process. Its nothing to worry about as long as the oil in the sump is still nice and black.
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is a head gasket hard/expensive to fix?
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GJM
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Alloy engines; like communism- great in theory.
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Moisture.
This time of year the ImpClub website is filled with people saying, 'my head gaskets gone!!' 'white crud' etc etc
My filler caps thick with emultion its its going fine, i wouldnt worry.
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hardley a head gasket failure - water in oil shouldnt be 'too' much of a problem - on an engine that holds no water ;D
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Just the time of year I would have thought especially if its only short runs you are doing.
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Neil
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Defo condensation, i get it with my 2cv's all the time (air cooled) too many short journeys and you get a creamy build up in the oil filler neck. A decent blast & it returns to normal!
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white curse word?rustingdeathtrap
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LMFAO at aircooled gaff ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Boy are our faces red
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I love asking the kids at halfords for a radiator for a 72 beetle and they reply after ten minutes of looking is "it's on the computer as unlisted sorry, try gsf " ;D ;D
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Hitting switches,bitches and ditches!
RELICS C.C suck
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;D I've stuff like that loads of times...try asking for plug gaps,or some dwell angle or a packet of valve clearances! I'm such a git!!
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i was just wondering cos impjimbo showed me something similar for the golf to check somethingorother. i think i was looking for the white curse word on the water lid to see if oil had leaked in or something. got a bit mixed up i think
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I love asking the kids at halfords for a radiator for a 72 beetle and they reply after ten minutes of looking is "it's on the computer as unlisted sorry, try gsf " ;D ;D Years ago I wound up my boss's son by telling him that during a service I had added a couple of litres of anti-freeze. He was about to charge it to the customer when my boss noticed and gently told him I'd been pulling his d*ck ;D I'd love to have seen the customers face if he hadn't spotted it
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