Toddman0025

What is this white sludge? Wiped most of it up with paper towels. Likely cause?

2+2GT

Looks like water to me.

HACKGT350

yup looks like water mixed in with the oil. were you losing coolant somewhere and you couldnt figure out where it was going?

Tomahawk715

Not a ton of it there by the looks of it--sometimes motors will "make" water. Happens alot in outboards with heating and cooling cycles. Do you run alot of short runs only?? Only time I've seen it in cars is when people start it up drive very short distances and shut down.

Randys66gt

With the Cleveland having the water jackets on the head to the block instead of head to manifold, sorry to say, looks like a blown head gasket or warped head...........

plainsman1876

I'm sorry to say but I agree you have water in your oil, either blown head gasket or cracked head . I'm sorry man I had the same problem , and I got a Long Block and that solved the whole problem.

JMD

Might be a blown gasket, or a crack, or it might just be condensation or water that made it inside in an "engine wash".

Usually coolant will have an ugly greenish frothy tinge to it, I am not seeing that in the picture.

Did you wash your engine?

Tomahawk715

Yeah I should have been clearer with my response-looks like condensation to me as well---not alot and no color. Lot of short drives the motor doesnt heat up enough and burn off the condensation from heating and cooling cycles--so the motor seems to literaly "make water"

Coupe

Does it smell sweet like coolant? If not then it's condensation. If you had just made a 50 mile trip and then taken it apart I doubt it would be there.

mr_velocity

What does the oil look like in the pan? If it doesn't look like that milk shake in the top its probably condensation. Really need to know the driving habits and if the car has a chance to warm up and burn that condensation off or not.

I don't want to derail this thread but this is a great example of why I run high quality synthetics (RedLine) in everything I own. While conventional oil is great, blah blah blah, these are the times a quality synthetic can save you.