Hanmin

Opened my oil cap today and saw a snotty texture, I know a blown headgasket will cause a milky texture, but will it also make its characteristic snotty?

Former User

Are you losing coolant?

Is there also oil in the coolant?

robbys89

dont think a bad gasket would cause that. snotty oil is common in all cars but mostly sits in the sump. give your engine an oil change and replace the oil filter. before you drain the oil get some type of engine flush and then protector after the oil change

codrulz

ya check your dipstick for water in oil,could be kinda milky,check coolant for oil,or it could just be some normal water vapor buildup on oil cap,I work in a auto shop & see at least 1 car a day w/a milky/oily film on oil cap and theres nothing wrong just normal.

TravisCadello

Engine Flush And STOP USING PENNZOIL!!!

schwazel

pennzoil is the same **** as anything else.

TravisCadello

Hell no it is not! that stuff turns into sludge and mud if not changed at exactly 3000 miles. and is a bad formula.

R666_EK

I will agree that its not the best but it won't turn to sludge at 3000 miles. Trust me. I used to change oil and used PLENTY of Pennzoil. Nothin wrong with it. They own Quaker State BTW.

OP. Change the oil first and see what happens. I wouldn't use an engine flush if your motor is somewhat old/may have not had its oil regularly changed its whole life. The engine flush could break apart old sludge and buildup that have now become moving parts in the motor. Its your choice, but I would steer clear of most engine flushes.

Hanmin

okay, I'll just do an oil change. and see from there.

sp00ledbseries

Do a oil change and a good engine flush and go from there. What motor is are we talking about

TravisCadello

Use Castrol GTX, Not Pennzoil.

sp00ledbseries

Mobil1 fully synthetic FTW