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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 07:19 PM
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yellow foam

went to put a quart of oil in today and there was yellow foamy crap on the bottom of the cap.anybody know what this is?
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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Old Oct 26, 2003 | 11:36 PM
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Depends on your driving. Was the motor recently cold?

If you just drove a few miles for a few minutes, it could be water condensation just from surrounding moist air in the engine compartment. This is normal for all cars.

If you drove around for an hour on a hot day and saw this after stopping, you have problems. Then it is water leaking from the water jacket to the oil jacket somewhere. I think there is a test to see if the oil has antifreeze in it or the antifreeze has oil in it. I believe it is some type of litmus paper you can buy at an auto parts store.

Good Luck,
Tim
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Old Oct 27, 2003 | 03:56 PM
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Please don't tell us you are using PENNZOIL!
That stuff leaves that nasty yellow residue all the time.
If there is ONE oil that I don't trust, it is PENNZOIL.
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