white clumps

1. CooperVTR Frequent Poster Joined: May 2007 Telford Posts: 864 Gold Saxo VTR

   #1 24th January 2008, 12:16

   my mate has just changed he oil in his car, but noticed there were dirty whit clumps of something under the filler cap and cylinder head.
   Any idea what the smeg it is?
2. Gabbastard Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390

   #2 24th January 2008, 12:18

   moisture mixing with the oil. Clean it all off and keep checking it. If its fresh and theres quite a bit, its normally indicative of a HG failure
3. nikolashewitt Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 208

   #3 24th January 2008, 20:50

   what he said, usually headgasket failure
4. AdamH Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2004 South Posts: 3638

   #4 24th January 2008, 22:09

   sometimes bad oil.. specially if its halfords own
5. daivtr Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2007 new tredegar Posts: 583 fiesta st

   #5 25th January 2008, 13:39

   keep checkin it or flush the rad out if it comes back it the headgasket