milky white film on Oil Cap

[m42technic]

Right, sort of like your parents telling you they sent your dog to a farm?

The 318is had something in the neighborhood of 7000 miles on it IIRC, and was as near as I could tell one of the first made. :-?

[CarsSuck]

Ah, different vehicles then. The 318is and 530i were at the Phoenix campus about 3 years ago, but were shipped back east to some other training program.

Right, sort of like your parents telling you they sent your dog to a farm?

[CarsSuck]

scored a '86 GTI for $1200 in '90 as a senior in high school. Drove it like a demon, and crashed it a few times before totalling the body and putting the engine in 2 more bodies. I killed a lot of VW's as a kid, and learned how to wrench as I couldn't afford to pay the kind of damage I created. I had a lot of fun as a kid, and regret nothing.

I love you.

[m42technic]

well i saw them with my own eyes, and im pretty sure i know what they are. but it doesnt really matter anyway.

Ah, different vehicles then. The 318is and 530i were at the Phoenix campus about 3 years ago, but were shipped back east to some other training program.

[EtaSport]

They were a E30 318is and E34 530i sedan, and they didnt get crushed...

well i saw them with my own eyes, and im pretty sure i know what they are. but it doesnt really matter anyway.

[m42technic]

Some of you guys have some old freaking cars. our oldest is a production date 99 540i6. From what I hear, they send back a mint e30 vert and e34 wagon back to montvale to be crushed.. tear The e39 is leaving here soon, not sure of its fate.

They were a E30 318is and E34 530i sedan, and they didnt get crushed...

[EtaSport]

Some of you guys have some old freaking cars. our oldest is a production date 99 540i6. From what I hear, they send back a mint e30 vert and e34 wagon back to montvale to be crushed.. tear The e39 is leaving here soon, not sure of its fate.

[LINUS]

I've noticed this in one of my cars before. Its no big deal. If its on the cap, its all over the inside of the valve cover so why bother cleaning it off? Does your car run okay? exactly, drink moar BEERS!

Bingo. Moisture is still coating the upper end, so cleaning the oilcap and then checking in a few days only makes you worry, as the moisture migrates back, making you think you blew your headgasket. Go for a loooong highway cruising drive, and if it looks marginally better, it's all good. Do a few long drives, or even idle in the driveway for a while, then leave the oilcap off to vent steam, do this like 4-5 days in a row. ALWAYS PUT THE CAP BACK ON BEFORE LOWERING THE HOOD. or lower it, but don't lock it down unless the cap is back on the cover.
Winter condensation on the head, and short city trips FTL.
I actually convinced a guy the HG was blown on a private sale GTI when I was younger knowing this info, and scored a '86 GTI for $1200 in '90 as a senior in high school. Drove it like a demon, and crashed it a few times before totalling the body and putting the engine in 2 more bodies. I killed a lot of VW's as a kid, and learned how to wrench as I couldn't afford to pay the kind of damage I created. I had a lot of fun as a kid, and regret nothing.

[CarsSuck]

I've noticed this in one of my cars before. Its no big deal. If its on the cap, its all over the inside of the valve cover so why bother cleaning it off? Does your car run okay? exactly, drink moar BEERS!

[rede30]

I feel sick after reading about those cars. It needs to be done but still, eeww.

[Mike325]

We have the e93 vert:p

All the cars that have no miles are in worse shape than my e30 with 270k miles. They are taken apart and put back together so many times it is unreal. The interiors are crap now because of it.

We have an e38 that got covered in tar. They could not clean it all off of the car (there is black in all the cracks and such) so it is a training car now.

[bimmer8604]

Man, thats nothing. At my school we have the following:

92 e36: 200 miles
96 e36: 500 miles
e32: 200 miles
e30: 12000 miles


All the cars do is idle for like 2 min every few days. Spark plugs with less than 300 miles look like shit.

our oldest car is a 98 e36 with less than 500 miles.(its going back soon) we don't even have an e30 or anything lol. Some sick cars tho with low millage thats for sure! We're already getting rid of our 335i i think, and the e85. The nice thing about STEP-NJ is being close to Montvale and getting a lot of pre-pro's and other unreleased shit. Our instructors said they were driving a new 6 way long before talk of releasing it, and supposedly theres an e90 m3 running around...

kyle

kyle

[Mike325]

These cars never get driven either, we have a 00 M5 with 2000 miles on it, and an 03 M3 with 200 miles on it:-).


kyle

Man, thats nothing. At my school we have the following:

92 e36: 200 miles
96 e36: 500 miles
e32: 200 miles
e30: 12000 miles


All the cars do is idle for like 2 min every few days. Spark plugs with less than 300 miles look like shit.

[EtaSport]

Probably just condensation. You said you hadn't driven the car in a month or so, and that you just recently drove it...did you let it get to full operating temp? and keep it there? We have a problem at school(STEP) where the cars only run for about 10-20 min a day, just idling. You look at all of their oil caps and they are all white and nasty. These cars never get driven either, we have a 00 M5 with 2000 miles on it, and an 03 M3 with 200 miles on it:-).

Clean off your oil cap as mentioned, then take the car for a moderate highway drive. Let it get nice and warm, and let it stay warm for a while. Then when you park the car let it idle for a bit, turn the car off, and pull the oil cap and let the steam out. should be good to go.

kyle

Ha, our m5 is 03 and i think it has 1800 miles on it. has a nasty valve tick cause it gets ratted out like nothing else. the e46 m3 only has 330. The e60 m5 has 160 something (this will soon change). I think we [columbia] get more and better cars from what I hear. sorry.

I saw this real bad on a durgano yesterday at work but it wasnt on the dipstick so it should be okay. City driving FTL.

[brickwhite]

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Thanks for all your help