nba1341

Well here is some background

Changed the intake gasket about 3 months ago and have run the same oil. The oil I changed was black and was not coffee brown like when it has coolant in it. My coolant level has never gotten low so I definitely do not think it is that. Im assuming after 3 months of driving the car with the gasket changed a huge amount of coolant would be in the oil and my radiator would be visible low on coolant and the oil would be visible brown right?


You guys mention coldness so here is my idea of what it is. I drained the oil on tuesday and bought a new oil drain plug and installed it. Then my oil filter ended up being broken so it sat with a paper towel in the valve cover oil spout to protect from dust and without an oil filter on it for 3 days until today when i put oil in it. Gets about 40 degrees at night so maybe some moisture got in it a little bit.


I just ran the car for 20 minutes till operating temperature and the milky stuff is gone its just clean oil now. Ill let the dipstick cool off and check it again in an hour. Coolant level is the same even after thermostat opened. The car ran fine btw did not hear any problems or anything.


Coolant overflow bottle just has some rust chilling in it. I also cleaned that out because it seems like the rust always collects in there and some more got in there from the block but not a huge amount.


p.s. I first changed to synthetic was in may which is also the last time i changed my oil

Flash70

Okay I am replying again because I just realized your picture is Splinter from TMNT lol. Oh then you could be lucky. My dad's has a lot of it in it .
I was curious about the oil because I have heard of weird things happening when people that have always run a regular or synthetic switch to the opposite. Do not know the truth on that though.

nba1341

Here is some of the oil I changed out looks pretty normal to me.

Ran this oil since my intake manifold gasket change on October 21, 2009 till this week. Have not had any problems with the car since doing the gasket change. Its been in the actual car since May 31, 2009.

racin66coupe

that looks good. but i would prettymuch think head gasket with what happened earlier. did you overheat at all? low coolant?

nba1341

no low coolant and not overheating in the city or on the freeway even on 90 degree days

1965screamer

Could it possibly be aerated from maybe over filling it? It does look like water in the oil but its hard to tell for sure from the picture

kalli

whereever it comes from it's water. either gaskets/head/block etc or if you're licky just condensation. could as well be a broken rubber hose (for vacuum) going to intake or rocker cover. that will cause to pull cold air and when moist can look the same. you'll have to find out where it comes from

mhink

mine has the same issue, but what leads me to believe it is condensation from just starting it once in a while is that i never had it before the cold of this years michigan winter set in. when it was warm out my oil was perfectly fine and had never had an issue with my oil looking like that (though mine is not QUITE as milky looking). whats the temperature been like where your at?