jez4130
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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Hi everyone, my girlfriend has a r reg 1.4 petrol corsa with about 40,000 on the clock, went to check the oil yesterday and there was a load of milky coloured greasey oil in there. i cleaned out as much as I could be reaching in with my finger and a rag and topped up the oil....
could it be that the head gasket has gone??
the oil on the dipstick was fine... could it just be condensation in the engine. she probably only does about 20 miles a week.
any ideas???
thanks
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B3KAN
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Registered: 15th Feb 07
Location: Inverness, Highland
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If its not much then yea prob condensation, if its really thick then chances are the head gaskets gone
Is it losing water?
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scottmmw
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Brotton, Cleveland
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i get a bit of milky condensation under my head gasket cap. my cars done 86k. i asked a guy at vauxhal he said its nothing to worry about just keep wiping it away.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Nothing to worry about. Unless it's consuming water. Headgasket is usually gone when it looks more like mayonnaise of whipped cream.
The fact she is doing about 20 miles per week, is the culprit.
Take it for a long drive at the weekend, and bit of a hammering (after it has warmed up, give it about 20 minutes). Should hopefully burn off.
Damp weather doesn't help either.
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jurgen87
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Registered: 4th Aug 07
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its rather cool u can do some capuccino in the car
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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Give it a couple hours on a motoroway 
Short journeys are bad 
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