Excuse me?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 03/19/2020 at 21:39 • Filed to: None

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I’m watching an old episode of Wheeler Dealers where they work on a mid ‘70s 911. The owner of one was telling Mike what to look out for, like if you pull off the oil cap and see white stuff, meaning a blown head gasket. Re ally? I always thought that that white gunk was a mixture of oil and coolant, so he’s saying that the mixture of air and oil will make the same mess? I’ve n ever heard that before, although I will admit that I don’t have enough experience with air cooled cars to know what the oil looks like when you have a blown head gasket.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/19/2020 at 21:53

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That can happen is you regularly run your car for short periods of time without the engine getting up to temperature . It’s just built up condensation that doesn’t get burnt off.

I had a fright with my Galant VR -4 when I have soupy gunk on my oil cap. But I regularly drove it just a mile or two, in the dead of winter like -10 to 10 degrees f ahrenheit. Once I gave it a good long drive properly heat cycle the engine it went away.

So it doesn’t always indicate a blown head gasket, you should drain your oil and have a look at it for that. But the mixture of oil and air thing isn’t right either. 

VincentMalamute-Kim > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/19/2020 at 21:54

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F ailed head gasket allows oil to mix with coolant. Or combustion chamber to mix with coolant.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > VincentMalamute-Kim 03/19/2020 at 22:00

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But on an air-cooled engine?

VincentMalamute-Kim > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/19/2020 at 22:02

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oops. Got me! Speed reading comprehension fail ...

wafflesnfalafel > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/19/2020 at 22:05

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clearly sabotage!  (Never seen that in an aircooled vw... but admit I don;t have any experience in ones that are hardly ever driven.)

facw > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/19/2020 at 22:35

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Yeah, it’s not a good thing regardless, but you definitely can get water in the oil without coolant.

Dogsatemypants > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 03/19/2020 at 23:06

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It can also be a sign of a blocked pcv or a dri ver not letting the vehicle cycle to operating temp to burn off moisture .