oid and water mixing on dipstick 96 850 non turbo

Kelly · Feb 14, 2005

Hi all. Checking my wife's oil a little over a month ago and I noticed
a milky mixture on the dipstick. The milky mix stays above the oil
level and does not appear to contaminate the oil. The oil stays clean,
since I have checked it weekly and did a change last week. The PVC was
cleaned out as well and it also contained the milky oil/water mix, but
still the oil stays clean. Obviously there is a buildup of water vapor
in the crankcase and the only area it can condense is in the cooler
dipstick tube and the pvc hose going to the flame trap. While looking
around here I saw another person with the same problem but there were
no solutions given except clean the PVC(flametrap) which I did. Does
anyone know where the water vapor comes from? Can it be reduced or
eliminated? Where should I start on this one? We are in NJ but I have
never noticed this problem in winters past. Thanks in advance!

Michael Pardee · Feb 14, 2005

Kelly said:
Hi all. Checking my wife's oil a little over a month ago and I noticed
a milky mixture on the dipstick. The milky mix stays above the oil
level and does not appear to contaminate the oil. The oil stays clean,
since I have checked it weekly and did a change last week. The PVC was
cleaned out as well and it also contained the milky oil/water mix, but
still the oil stays clean. Obviously there is a buildup of water vapor
in the crankcase and the only area it can condense is in the cooler
dipstick tube and the pvc hose going to the flame trap. While looking
around here I saw another person with the same problem but there were
no solutions given except clean the PVC(flametrap) which I did. Does
anyone know where the water vapor comes from? Can it be reduced or
eliminated? Where should I start on this one? We are in NJ but I have
never noticed this problem in winters past. Thanks in advance!

Normal combustion produces water vapor (right at a gallon of water for every
gallon of gas burned) and some of it collects in the oil. My guess is that
it has been used only for short trips and the water hasn't had a chance to
"boil off" (not really boiling, but you get the idea).

Mike

Donegal Paul · Feb 14, 2005

"Michael Pardee" said ot "Kelly"

Normal combustion produces water vapor (right at a gallon of water for
every gallon of gas burned) and some of it collects in the oil. My guess
is that it has been used only for short trips and the water hasn't had a
chance to "boil off" (not really boiling, but you get the idea).

Im assuming that your coolant in the expansion tank looks normal?
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