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Originally Posted by capt jack
My daughter has a 2008 Mini Cooper 1.6 auto. She loves it dearly, and has always had it serviced at Mini.
It's had very little use since before Christmas........
.....I did notice quite an accumulation of white gunk on the inside of the oil cap. Now this has me thinking - low coolant, oil cap mayonnaise - could this be a head gasket? Or could it be simply that the car has only been used for a few very short journeys in the past six months, and never really warmed up?.....
.....The car drives very well, there's no white smoke from the exhaust, the tickover is smooth......
The car was last serviced by Mini last October and has done less than 300 miles since. Most of that will have been short trips of no more than 3 or 4 miles. The car has covered a total of 86,000 miles now.....
....I'd welcome any thoughts and wisdom.
Cheers
Jack
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No point worrying about the head gasket. Odds on it will be short journeys.