creamy Gunk on my oil cap :S

[Ash-Kennard]

one of my pipes fell off so i was about to put a new hose on, when for some reason i decided to look in the oil cap, its got this random creamy white **** on it. can anyone tell me what this is and what it mean please

1.4 8v. drive about 40 miles a day every day but dont really rag it about tbh

 

[TallFella]

Sounds like it might be a head gasket gone. Oil and water mix causes the creamy stuff.

 

[AlpineWhite]

search 'mayo'! Anything unusual in the expansion tank? High coolant temps at all?

 

[NickyJam]

it might be lubricant...i've got it on mine and is just to prevent the cap from jamming closed

edit: my bad...i was on about the fuel cap...

 

[Jordo]

I cringed when I saw this thread. Sounds like the head gasket to me mate.

 

[Ash-Kennard]

**** seriously? what other symptoms are there if the head gasket is gone/going?

 

[AlpineWhite]

Ash,
Read all the replies. There's a hint in my post.

 

[Ash-Kennard]

ok
in january i crashed my car, raped the sump, had to take all that apart for about 2 weeks, could this be a source of the water rather than my headgasket going

dipstick is clean, and the water level is good, just been on wiki answers and i dunno whatelse to do tbh

 

[gticupra123]

how many miles has the engine done m8? does it overheat?

 

[CupraSport]

maybe do a full flush and see if it comes back, either way your oil is contaminated

 

[cupra.al]

if you do short journeys all the time you get what ive always called toffee on the bottom of the oil cap its where condensation and oil have mixed. run some flush through go for an hour or so drive and do an oil and filter change also get the car revving a bit so the oil hits the top of the rocker cover.

 

[Ash-Kennard]

ok cheers guys, cheers for the advice, but theres no water or oil in the exhaust fumes, no white puff, dipstick is clean, waters good, and the mayo isnt white as i first assumed, its kinda bronze, so i think i was lucky with some condensation, i may flush the system through on friday or saturday

 

[orangemuffin]

search 'mayo'! Anything unusual in the expansion tank? High coolant temps at all?

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=202475&highlight=mayo

 

[AlpineWhite]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=202475&highlight=mayo

And there it is! haha

 

[ibiza_streg]

Usually if the head gasket has gone it pisses oil out the exhaust as well.

 

[mickeykdan]

This aint the head gasket!! unless its coming out of the exhaust too, thats where you can telll if a gaskets gone or not (as above post)

Short cold journeys contrubute to this mayo build up!! It was a misunderstood issue with all VW Gold MK2's and Mk3's , Polo's and Ibizas.

 

[cupra.al]

another good sign is oil in the antifreeze bottle if the headgasket has gone.
the word for the toffee like stuff on the filler cap is swarf. dont know why its called swarf just know it is lol.

 

[Andi]

Before i bought my Ibiza cupra gti it had a creamy mayo type gunk on the oil cap but this was only due to the short jouneys thet guy was doing everyday.
The condensation in the engine was not burning off as the engin temps weren't getting up to temp. But now i drive it 14miles each way to and from work its burned it off and cleared the problem.

Are you only doing short journeys ?
Has it used coolent ?

 

[mickeykdan]

Before i bought my Ibiza cupra gti it had a creamy mayo type gunk on the oil cap but this was only due to the short jouneys thet guy was doing everyday.
The condensation in the engine was not burning off as the engin temps weren't getting up to temp. But now i drive it 14miles each way to and from work its burned it off and cleared the problem.

Are you only doing short journeys ?
Has it used coolent ?

What a great reply... I cant stand it when everybody shouts out Headgasket