12a milky dipstick.
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12a milky dipstick.
Hello folks. i have a 81 rx7 i have noticed a little bit of mikly residue on the top of the dipstick by the handle. when i pull the dipstuck out it has nice clear oil on the bottom indicator and no sign of oil at all. only at the top. anyone ever hear of this? is it a regular issue for 12a's?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Open your oil fill and look at the cap and the insides? Is there gunk in there as well? If the
crankcase is not vented or vented poorly condensation will build up and leave the goopy
mess you see OR you have coolant leak internally. Do you see a lot of white smoke when it
runs?
crankcase is not vented or vented poorly condensation will build up and leave the goopy
mess you see OR you have coolant leak internally. Do you see a lot of white smoke when it
runs?
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there is almost no way for coolant to mix with the oil, so there is about a 99% chance its condensation. either change the oil more, or drive it harder/longer
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Hello folks. i have a 81 rx7 i have noticed a little bit of mikly residue on the top of the dipstick by the handle. when i pull the dipstuck out it has nice clear oil on the bottom indicator and no sign of oil at all. only at the top. anyone ever hear of this? is it a regular issue for 12a's?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Any help would be greatly appreciated
When I had a Vega, you would pull the filler plug for when you added oil. If it was milky inside, you always had a blown (or blowing) head gasket and I've observed that on other cars as well except that when you drain the oil it looks like a cappuccino; I shudder to think of the lubricating oil's properties at that point...
Is your PCV working?
Pull both trailing plugs out and let it sit, if you've got a bad o ring, eventually water will weep out one or the other plug holes.
If you have normal water temp though, I would think it's just condensation and not a big deal.
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Otherwise known as "LUNG MUSTARD"
Yes, its ugly. Yes, it can be embarassing. But..... Is it a problem?
There are so many threads on how to deal with lung mustard, but I say, what's the problem? The way I see it, you've got a little eentsy teentsy bit of moisture living in an oil rich environment. What's the worst that can happen? Maybe a bit of rust development in the oil fill tube itself, but other than that I can't really think of anything.
There are methods to install a PCV valve, and I've even contributed to the numerous discussions with my advice of simply running a vacuum line to the nipple on the fill tube. So yes, there are many methods to control lung mustard.
But, again I say! What is the issue? As long as you change your oil on a regular basis, and the car is driven on a regular basis, I really wouldn't worry about it. As a matter of fact, I don't worry about it at all. The only time I would be concerned is if I were putting her up for long term storage.
So I say, cap everything and tear it up! Seriously though, I run a single vacuum line (other than brake booster), and that is for the vacuum advance. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
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Yes, its ugly. Yes, it can be embarassing. But..... Is it a problem?
There are so many threads on how to deal with lung mustard, but I say, what's the problem? The way I see it, you've got a little eentsy teentsy bit of moisture living in an oil rich environment. What's the worst that can happen? Maybe a bit of rust development in the oil fill tube itself, but other than that I can't really think of anything.
There are methods to install a PCV valve, and I've even contributed to the numerous discussions with my advice of simply running a vacuum line to the nipple on the fill tube. So yes, there are many methods to control lung mustard.
But, again I say! What is the issue? As long as you change your oil on a regular basis, and the car is driven on a regular basis, I really wouldn't worry about it. As a matter of fact, I don't worry about it at all. The only time I would be concerned is if I were putting her up for long term storage.
So I say, cap everything and tear it up! Seriously though, I run a single vacuum line (other than brake booster), and that is for the vacuum advance. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
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I took this advice before but feel its not a valid answer to stopping the occurrence due to my own findings. (I mean no disrespect to your knowledge) I changed out my oil, flushed the whole system and installed fresh filter/fluids. I have a ported engine that dose not make any power under 3k and so I feel my car is driven pretty hard. I also live in the back woods on mountain roads, etc.. I go for hour long + drives daily and get large amounts of this grey froth every time.
I cant be changing my oil daily so there must be more to the root cause of this problem, and the venting mentioned above sounds worth looking further into.
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No one mentioned this when I asked this question not so long ago. I think I need to look into the venting a lot further and I would recommend the op take this piece of advice the priority cause..
I took this advice before but feel its not a valid answer to stopping the occurrence due to my own findings. (I mean no disrespect to your knowledge) I changed out my oil, flushed the whole system and installed fresh filter/fluids. I have a ported engine that dose not make any power under 3k and so I feel my car is driven pretty hard. I also live in the back woods on mountain roads, etc.. I go for hour long + drives daily and get large amounts of this grey froth every time.
I cant be changing my oil daily so there must be more to the root cause of this problem, and the venting mentioned above sounds worth looking further into.
I took this advice before but feel its not a valid answer to stopping the occurrence due to my own findings. (I mean no disrespect to your knowledge) I changed out my oil, flushed the whole system and installed fresh filter/fluids. I have a ported engine that dose not make any power under 3k and so I feel my car is driven pretty hard. I also live in the back woods on mountain roads, etc.. I go for hour long + drives daily and get large amounts of this grey froth every time.
I cant be changing my oil daily so there must be more to the root cause of this problem, and the venting mentioned above sounds worth looking further into.
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No one mentioned this when I asked this question not so long ago. I think I need to look into the venting a lot further and I would recommend the op take this piece of advice the priority cause..
I took this advice before but feel its not a valid answer to stopping the occurrence due to my own findings. (I mean no disrespect to your knowledge) I changed out my oil, flushed the whole system and installed fresh filter/fluids. I have a ported engine that dose not make any power under 3k and so I feel my car is driven pretty hard. I also live in the back woods on mountain roads, etc.. I go for hour long + drives daily and get large amounts of this grey froth every time.
I cant be changing my oil daily so there must be more to the root cause of this problem, and the venting mentioned above sounds worth looking further into.
I took this advice before but feel its not a valid answer to stopping the occurrence due to my own findings. (I mean no disrespect to your knowledge) I changed out my oil, flushed the whole system and installed fresh filter/fluids. I have a ported engine that dose not make any power under 3k and so I feel my car is driven pretty hard. I also live in the back woods on mountain roads, etc.. I go for hour long + drives daily and get large amounts of this grey froth every time.
I cant be changing my oil daily so there must be more to the root cause of this problem, and the venting mentioned above sounds worth looking further into.
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I took this advice before but feel its not a valid answer to stopping the occurrence due to my own findings. (I mean no disrespect to your knowledge) I changed out my oil, flushed the whole system and installed fresh filter/fluids. I have a ported engine that dose not make any power under 3k and so I feel my car is driven pretty hard. I also live in the back woods on mountain roads, etc.. I go for hour long + drives daily and get large amounts of this grey froth every time.
I cant be changing my oil daily so there must be more to the root cause of this problem, and the venting mentioned above sounds worth looking further into.
I cant be changing my oil daily so there must be more to the root cause of this problem, and the venting mentioned above sounds worth looking further into.
i'd look into the PCV setups, maybe even the competition style ones
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