well this sucks and hopefully im wrong but i popped the oil cap off the engine just for ****s and giggles and noticed a creamy white on the underlay of the cap... i hope im wrong but i dont think thats good, ive only had the car for a month and a half maybe two... what would this be? i mean obviously water from somewhere but is it just moisture from the weather or wouldnt that be the case? its an 03 with 42 thousand on it....... PLEASE HELP!!! I WILL TRY TO POST SOME PICS

 

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Funny! I have been having probs with my car oil. I just put oil back in and when I looked at the cap it had the same thing. Alittle around the neck too. I hope it is nothing.

 

yeah thats how mine is...

 

That sucks. It appears you may have water in with your oil, possibly coolant. Is your coolant level going down, are you topping it up ? Do an oil change, good synthetic, see if the sludge comes back.

 

And no, that's not normal, I have a clean oil cap from an '01, 2.8 with over 132k

 

if its cold in your area its normal, it is sludge though, what happening is the car is cold and when turned on forms condensation and eventually mixes with oil, dont rule out the chance it may be coolant leaking into the oil but more than likely its just because of the weather, if your worried pour some sea foam in there and change your after 50-300 miles.

 

Well, it's been cold here where I am, we've had around 10F overnight (and near Zero last winter).
Clean the cap, drive an hour/ 50 miles, if the sludge is visible on the cap you have an oil problem.

 

Also dont overlook a pcv problem. If the valve is plugged it can allow moisture from the air to buildup in the crankcase and cause that problem.