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grey 64
 Post subject: its been stinkin cold
PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:06 pm 
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this is the oil cap after -4 this morning and top of 17
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Hmmm, nice! :lol:

What oil are you running?
Are your breathers still hooked up properly?
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Fiji
 Post subject: -4 may not be the issue
PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:21 pm 
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this used to happen to my old mini deluxe. clean it and see if build up happens again. then query it ... wasn't sure what was doing it though
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Fiji wrote:
this used to happen to my old mini deluxe. clean it and see if build up happens again. then query it ... wasn't sure what was doing it though
Plain old condensation can cause that.

As mentioned, clean it off and keep an eye on it. If it does that lots, check the obvious things, like loss of water (blown head gasket) etc.
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Morris 1100 wrote:
Hmmm, nice! :lol:

What oil are you running?
Are your breathers still hooked up properly?

Valvoline. No what i mean. Havent looked for answers yet. Made me want chips for dinner.

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Made me want chips for dinner.
Huh? Am I missing something. Although i did have chips for dinner.

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Condensation, nothing scary. Very normal.

You could try a higher spec oil, but you risk cleaning out your engine if you go to specs that include a lot of detergent additives.

Caltex Havoline Premium is a SL spec, wheres the Premium Plus SM is an SM spec....the SM spec is better if your engine is newer or doesnt have too many K's on it.

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Made me want chips for dinner.
Huh? Am I missing something. Although i did have chips for dinner.

Dicko

oil in chip fryers solidify like that in cold temps.

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grey 64 wrote:
oil in chip fryers solidify like that in cold temps.
Ah yes, since moving to the lovely Hunter Coast I'd forgotten little gems like that.

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how do ya get pics in ya signature dicko?

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how do ya get pics in ya signature dicko?
On your Profile page, in the signature box you insert the picture using [img]address.of.hosted%20picture[/img].

You need to host the pic somewhere like photobucket.com. Check the Forum Rules at the Top of the Mini Chat forum as there are maximum sizes you can use in your signature. I grabbed these 2 pics from the Mini Ads mentioned on here recently and photoshopped them together.
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tried all that with avatar sized pics. might still be too big u think. will check it out. thanks mate.

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tried all that with avatar sized pics. might still be too big u think. will check it out. thanks mate.


This ones 310x120 pixels.
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wow i've never seen that much cream under the cap before, maybe put some new oil in?
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Possible Gasket Problems?

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