So, my car has had some problems for a little while now, small ones that have been easily avoided for a while which, of course, have caused some other issues. One issue that started up that forced me into wanting to fix all the issues has me scratching my head! About 2 weeks ago my check oil level light comes on and I realize my oil is a quart and a half low again (pan gasket leaked bad (one of the issues that caused another issue)) and it was easily avoided by just putting in a quart and a half every 4 weeks! So, I pop the hood, take the 2 spare quarts I have in my trunk and take off the oil filler nozzle. Upon taking it off I see yellowish white dots all over it, and automatically figured it was antifreeze. IT kept getting worse and worse, and would have to take it off and whip it out with a rag to clean it out. To avoid spinning a bearing, I got the gaskets and other stuff and decided to fix all these problems I been having with my car with my girlfriends brothers help (he works at a concrete place and has access to the garage, which has a pit and chainfalls on trolleys). We took the upper intake off (no antifreeze sitting there so the plastic intake isn't warped), took the lower intake off, cleaned all the antifreeze out, took an air compressed sprayer and sprayed mineral spirits all over everything to get out the little pieces and the crap, cleaned up the surfaces, put on the gaskets and put it all back together. Already had the oil all drained, so after putting everything back together we put a heavier duty oil in it (made for the cement trucks) and ran it for a little bit and emptied it. We had to replace the oil pan gasket (that was a bi**h), so we left it empty, replaced the gasket, replaced the oil filter, which when we took it off and emptied the fluid out of it, it had cloudy oil in it, the pan that time didn't appear to have cloudy oil in it, and replaced the pan, and put the same oil in it, ran it for a little while emptied it and put oil in it one more time (oil to keep in it for a little while). Well, here's the issue: when getting ready to put in the final batch of oil, I noticed the yellow dots all over the filler nozzle! I had soaked them both in mineral spirits and wiped them dry and they had no dots on them anymore! ran the car a little longer and it had more in it!
I took the nozzle and could dump water in my hand from the beads of water all around the inside of the filler nozzle! took a clean white shop towel and stuck it in there to soak it up and it looked more like the color of the oil, and smelled like oil, and I don't think it smelled like antifreeze. If there IS no antifreeze leaking into the oil, what would cause it to form this condensation or whatever it on the inside of the filler nozzle? is there anything I can do to prevent it or is there something potentially broken that needs replacement that's allowing moisture into the oil?
I junked the car a month later.
Originally Posted by m1sterb0b
