White sludge

[elsey197]

Noticed white sludge under my oil cap the other day does this mean the head gasket has gone/ going? haven't noticed any drop in power :(

[Manta Mad]

Could be but the sludge can be caused by condensation in the oil, can happen if you do mainly short journeys - especially in this colder weather.

If its the gasket, I think some garages can do a pressure check on the cooling system which could show if the gasket has gone between an oil and waterway as a normal engine compression test would not show this up.

[elsey197]

Yeah i do, do a lot of short journeys, and it isn't losing any more water than usual.

[mikeoxford]

probly what mant says then.

is there any smoke out back? obviously not the white stuff every one gets this time off year? proper oil burniung smoke?

[elsey197]

No it doesn't smoke at all. Cheers Lads doesn't sound anything serious then.

[Manta Mad]

Just give your oil a regular change using good quality stuff to avoid exessive sludge build up.

[elsey197]

its actually due a change now, so will do it soon

[mikeoxford]

dont forget the filter tooooooooooo