Mayo under the 710 cap?

There is what looks like mayonnaise under the 710 cap in my kombi. If it was under the radiator cap in a water-cooled motor I would assume it was oil in the water from a blown head gasket, but as we all know stock kombi motors aren't water-cooled - so where did the mayo under my 710 cap come from???


(Sorry, I got the name of the cap wrong, I was holding it the wrong way up 😉 )

The mayo is from cold weather.

This is what happens when you dont get the motor hot enough to "boil off" the impurities. Short trips and winter time it is ok.

If you are getting it in the middle of summer - something is wrong

Drive HARDER buddy - the only way to get rid of it!! 😀

Thanks that explains it. Some bastard PO removed the thermostat and flaps (the kombi used to live in Queensland, but that's no excuse), and driving to and from work in Canberra in winter the motor never gets a chance to reach operating temp. I know it's causing wear, but I haven't got time or money to install thermostat and flaps.

Purple Martin wrote:...I would assume it was oil in the water from a blown head gasket,

Yep, same prob. But instead of having oil in your water, you have water in your oil.

The water comes from condensation in colder weather, and sometimes from driving through deep water (type 1 engines will suck water through the thrower style crank shaft pulley seal, buggy / baja owners by warned).

That is NO excuse........you just have to drive the LLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG way home 😀
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blue74l wrote:That is NO excuse........you just have to drive the LLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG way home 😀
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I've done that twice 😎

hehe

710...

or the 730 if you're the deutsch inclinded..

[Edited on 31-8-2003 by oval TOFU]

Does that mean they are 0170 in Spain?