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[Bacon Butty Man]

just checking my oil and on the filler cap there is some cream colored gunky stuff, Cant be good!
any ideas what it is, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE dont say its the head gasket,  
There wernt a lot, just a bit, i changed the oil 2 weeks ago, i do have a leak which i think is coming from the oil pressure valve, But i have notice a tidgybit of oil in the spark plug hole, i have been surynging this out. any ideas guys

[humbucker]

its normal on v6`s on short runs particularly in the cold weather. do you do a lot of stop and starts from cold / short journeys? advice elsewhere on the forum suggests you clean it up as and when you notice it and make sure you take the car out on a longer journey / motorway blast from time to time:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1205911746

[albitz]

as said above the mayo is normal if car does short journeys,it also sounds like you will need to clean breathers and change cam cover gaskets in the near future ,otherwise the oil wil start damaging plug leads/dis pack

[humbucker]

as said above the mayo is normal if car does short journeys,it also sounds like you will need to clean breathers and change cam cover gaskets in the near future ,otherwise the oil wil start damaging plug leads/dis pack

all you need re cam cover gasket replacement is here. i love this forum! :

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564281

[Bacon Butty Man]

so its not serious

The car does only short journeys, i did clean it up earlier, thanx for the link for the rocker cover gaskets, will study that, cheers

[TheBoy]

so its not serious

The car does only short journeys, i did clean it up earlier, thanx for the link for the rocker cover gaskets, will study that, cheers

remember, breathers likely to be similar, so clean them

IME, Vx oil seems to suffer less than many others, no idea why.

[Bacon Butty Man]

Ok further investigation done, took the oil filler cap off and there is a smell of fuel coming from the oil cap tube, also need filling with water in the cooling system quite regularly, average ever 8 days or so.

[Dazzler]

Is there any mayo on the dipstick???
Have you checked the HBV for signs of a waterleak??  

[Bacon Butty Man]

Is there any mayo on the dipstick???
Have you checked the HBV for signs of a waterleak??  

Hi
no mayo on the dip stick, i cannot see any leaks, What the HBV

[Danny]

Is there any mayo on the dipstick???
Have you checked the HBV for signs of a waterleak??  

Hi
no mayo on the dip stick, i cannot see any leaks, What the HBV

heater bypass valve

the mayo sounds like a bit of condensation build-up, from the short journeys, give it a motorway run and see how it is afterwards

[Bacon Butty Man]

Is there any mayo on the dipstick???
Have you checked the HBV for signs of a waterleak??  

Hi
no mayo on the dip stick, i cannot see any leaks, What the HBV

heater bypass valve

the mayo sounds like a bit of condensation build-up, from the short journeys, give it a motorway run and see how it is afterwards

What would be causing the fuel smell from the oil filler pipe tho??. thats whats worrying me

[TheBoy]

Is there any mayo on the dipstick???
Have you checked the HBV for signs of a waterleak??  

Hi
no mayo on the dip stick, i cannot see any leaks, What the HBV

heater bypass valve

the mayo sounds like a bit of condensation build-up, from the short journeys, give it a motorway run and see how it is afterwards

What would be causing the fuel smell from the oil filler pipe tho??. thats whats worrying me

bit of blow by gases?

[Bacon Butty Man]

would a dodgy head gasket cause this or do you think its no real prob, Am gonna clean the breathers tomos.

[TheBoy]

would a dodgy head gasket cause this or do you think its no real prob, Am gonna clean the breathers tomos.

A HG failure would not cause that.

[Bacon Butty Man]