Promised pics and yellow gunk
03-30-2007, 07:09 PM
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Seeing that in the oil filler tube is more than likely just condensation but if it appears on the dipstick, the motor is KO'd. I know, Ive seen it happen many times on my supercharged motors from hard leans. The good ol "milkshake". 
03-30-2007, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by GNR996
Took awhile to get some decent pictures but here they are.
And a question about that yellow gunk in the oil filler, WTF is it?
Thanks all, still enjoying this forum and digging my 996.
Geoff
And a question about that yellow gunk in the oil filler, WTF is it?
Thanks all, still enjoying this forum and digging my 996.
Geoff
Seriously, what 1999Porsche911 said, it is condensation. You need to drive it longer and harder to get the engine up to full operating temp for a while. A few short trips are OK, but too many of them will cause the gunk to appear.
03-31-2007, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by gota911
Your car has the clap! A shot of penicillin will fix it right up! It's probably been sleeping around with a lot of Bimmers!
Seriously, what 1999Porsche911 said, it is condensation. You need to drive it longer and harder to get the engine up to full operating temp for a while. A few short trips are OK, but too many of them will cause the gunk to appear.
Seriously, what 1999Porsche911 said, it is condensation. You need to drive it longer and harder to get the engine up to full operating temp for a while. A few short trips are OK, but too many of them will cause the gunk to appear.
Reading some of the replys I too wait for the car to come down from fast idle before I leave in the morning. Trip to work is only 15K, how long should the car warmup before getting on it. Thought perhaps wrongly the best way to warm it up is to drive, that being the case, after it warms maybe just hold a lower gear for the drive in?
Thanks all....
03-31-2007, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by hamilton
In neutral, I use an old phonebook to hold the accelerator down so that it idles at 4500 rpm for 10 minutes before driving off. I do this in a closed garage.
03-31-2007, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by GNR996
Too funny on the clap....
Reading some of the replys I too wait for the car to come down from fast idle before I leave in the morning. Trip to work is only 15K, how long should the car warmup before getting on it. Thought perhaps wrongly the best way to warm it up is to drive, that being the case, after it warms maybe just hold a lower gear for the drive in?
Thanks all....
Reading some of the replys I too wait for the car to come down from fast idle before I leave in the morning. Trip to work is only 15K, how long should the car warmup before getting on it. Thought perhaps wrongly the best way to warm it up is to drive, that being the case, after it warms maybe just hold a lower gear for the drive in?
Thanks all....
03-31-2007, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by gota911
The best way to warm it up IS to drive it. Just don't go above 4,000 RPM until it reaches operating temp, which will be when the temp gauge needle is between the 8 and the 0 of the 180 mark. Then drive it like you stole it!
Will take Supertramps advice and take the long way home....
