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Mar 6th, 2015, 19:11 | #11 | |
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You can't get water from a reaction between two engine oils, BUT you might get some sludge as a result of it dissolving layers of varnish. That will be dark brown though and can be temporary. Mixing oils of different base stocks is not a great idea regardless of the fact all the oil companies say it's OK. If this was water in the oil, then the CCV or oil cap seal must be getting damp someplace. Oddly enough a good oily type always checks that oil cap O ring and the dipstick O ring every change, cos the can fail.
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Mar 6th, 2015, 19:25 | #12 | |
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and varnish wouldnt dissolve to the point of visibility on the dipstick over a 10 mile drive then disappear completely within a week never to return, if it had never been evident before.
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Mar 6th, 2015, 19:40 | #13 |
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It's not that odd for mayo on the dipstick if lots of short journeys, remember the tube will get cooled better as the air gets all the way around it ,then the mayo will stay in the tube until the engine bay gets quite hot ,this time if year more the 15-30 if in traffic.
Are the o ring nice and tight when it's push back in if not the engine could be venting through the tube as well.
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Spare wheel well leaks are normally the seals on the outside rear light clusters failing, but can also be the boot lid rubber at the top, or through the top of the rear shocks. The rear side window bonding can fail but that normally goes in the scuttles down the side.
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Harvey is correct and seeing as you have just bought the motor it may be running cool because of the thermostat jammed open and it is still cold weather even for a 10 mile journey. Condensation takes a while to evaporate in cold weather and also the exhaust will plume loads of white smoke after even a long urban run because of the moisture!
As you have good performance and no smoke i would just check the basic things such as thermostat and even the temp sensor if the motor is heavy on fuel..... The temp. guage should be on 90/92C most of the time
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If your gauge is like mine without numbers then it should be straight up and down with no lean to the left at all. Mine was only one line away but was sitting at 80 not 92...
David.
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Water dripping from an exhaust is in fact from the petrol burn, not from the oil system, it forms steam but condenses in a cold exhaust until it warms up: A gasoline (petrol) molecule is made up as such: C8H18 (or 8 Carbon atoms and 18 Hydrogen atoms) Energy is obtained from the combustion of it by the conversion of a hydrocarbon to carbon dioxide and water. The combustion of octane follows this reaction: 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 → 16 CO2 + 18 H2O Or better said, you have two of the hydrocarbon atoms along with 25 oxygen atoms, they swirl together into a mix, the spark plug ignites them, boom, and out the tail pipe comes 16 carbon dioxide molecules and 18 water molecules ... at least in a perfect world. Some cars don't put out exactly that ratio. There may be a little bit of carbon monoxide (CO), unburnt hydrocarbons (C8H18), and/or nitrogen oxide (NO2) coming out of the engine exhaust port along with the CO2 and H2O. In this case, the catalytic convertor's job is to help clean these up so you can get closer to the perfect ratio described above. As described, the water coming out of the tail pipe is a natural occurrence of the combustion process. You will usually see it coming out of the tail pipe when the engine and exhaust system of the vehicle is not completely warmed up. When it does become completely warmed up, you won't see it any more, because it comes out as steam (well, you'll see it in the winter time if it's cold enough, but you get the idea). I did forget that the OP has a petrol engine, so if it is short tripped in winter AND the rings are bad, it might get some pure (Temporary water unlike anti freeze that combines with the Calcium sulphonate detergent additives). At the end of the day I still think the OP has bought a car with an Iffy head gasket, as we have not had a case of mayo in the sump that turned out not to be HG related yet.
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Mar 6th, 2015, 20:53 | #18 |
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Pah, just blow some air down your dipstick tube
If it ain't leakin don't fix it, how many times do you look at your dipstick anyway. and remember to check those dipstick oring(s) seal things Just bought another dozen yesterday FKM for longevity, from the oring shop because as harveys and happy diver say, venting past the dipstick is bad
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In fact I walk past my old red plastic one every time I enter my garage, cos I read the ends snap off when they get old, so I bought a nice steel one from the Volvo stealer (20 quid) and hung the old one on the wall as an oily memento!
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Water in spare wheel well most likely coming in around rear light gaskets. |
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