hi, today i have noticed that i have a lot of water in the oil (white oil) it seems to be on the inside of my rocket cover. the sump oil is still gold and new and there is no signs of a head gasket problem. the car is driven daily and is left out side in the cold.
wat is causing this to happen.

Used to happen a lot to my car in cold weather on short trips.

Not so much anymore.

I wouldn't worry, jsut wipe it out of the cap, and check it often.

Short trips, in cold weather seems to provoke this.

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Just remember that there's air in your rocker cover, and I bet if you took off your breather stack things, and looked in the bottom of them you'd see the same. The air contains water, which would give you the white crap. I think if a head gasket had blown, power would be crap and I think you'd find white crap in the sump oil too, but you don't. I'm putting my money (so to speak) on condesation of the moister in the air in your rocker cover which the oil splashs up and mixes with.

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1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

How's your radiator cap / water looking? Any bubbles?

Oh yeah should've mentioned, what the temp like? Does the car overheat? If so, look for leaks, but I'm still going for condesation.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

ok worst case senario cracked head or blown head gasket

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water level is perfect, currently running at 75-85 water temp. the engine is very well mantained. serviced every 2500kms everything is checked every 100 kms every thing is perfect. no problems. i'm a marine diesel machanic so i keep it well looked after
so wat could be causing this?

If you are not loosing coolant...then it must be condensation as others have suggested...have a look at the breathing set-up you are using on the engine.

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It is condensation. Every winter we have a heap of people with the same problem. (and every year the experts always shout "blown head gasket" )
Do you do a lot of short trips?
Are the breathers on your engine hooked up properly?
What brand of oil are you running?
All these things will make a difference.

1275 in my Riley Kestel did the same thing when we first collected in in NZ, after a few good runs it settled down - I reckon it's a short trip thing

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'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi

It does seem to depend on the brand of oil you use, the time of the year (winter is worse) how far you drive, what mini model and how the engine breathers are configured, etc. I have a number of minis and some are worse than others, Just wipe out the gunk and keep on driving.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
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I switched from Penrite HPR30 to KMX as well as returning the breathers back to standard. This seem to work on my car so far. I don't have as much mayo as last year.

I'm running KMX 20W/50 in my 1360 on short runs too, no mayo here. But it does run a Smiths PCV valve, I reckon that helps a lot. Most engines I see with this prob have poor or no positive crankcase ventilation.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I have KN type filters on the breathers and its a new motor with new filters.

What I think happens is that the hot engine sucks in cool moist air as it cools and it forms as condensation on the interior surfaces of the engine. The next time the engine is fired up and run to normal temperatures the condensation it boiled off, usually in a shorter trip but doesnt escape entirely to the atmosphere.

It then combines with some oil to form the mayo we worry about when we see it.

A mini motor has a very large pulse of crankcase pressure compared to other engines. Doc's PCV valve will work very well because it is exactly that, a valve, which limits back flow into the engine. My open flow KN's work very well as far as the breathing goes but it is very much a two way system. I get mayo !!!!! I no longer pull hair because of it.

needs more breathing if its creaming up

Not necessarily - I have three breathers - one of the clutch cover, one on the timing case cover and one from the rocker cover. All are free and open. I get mayo and its not from lack of breathing.

Its a winter thing in most cases.