Driving a 02 5.4L stock. Oil change this last weekend noticed the oil fill cap had a fair amount of buttery brown oil/ water in there. drained the oil and did not notice any free coolant an not much of a problem w/ the oil.
No oil in coolant reservoir and still smell sweet, not like exhaust
Should I worry? Or is this normal for this vehicle in northern climates?
Suggestions? Thanks
Matt

 

its normal for pretty much most vehicles. nothings wrong.

 

That is most likely just condensation from temp changes and humidity.

 

Normal for this time of the year...

 

Normal. Both my 5.4's get that.

 

Mod motors are horrible at keeping condensation in the system. It usually takes over 40 minutes of rough driving to completely clear the crankcase/valve covers of condenstion. I can pop my oil cap off and wipe out all the milky oil, screw it back on, go for a 25 minute drive and its back. The key is to avoid short trips and keep it warm. Sure your engine runs at operating tempterature, but it takes a while to vaporize all the condensation that collects in these motor. Just normal

 

Didn't we used to have a sticky about this? We should - this comes up EVERY winter.

 

Thanks for the good news. I'm glad I asked here rather than worrying about head gaskets or worse. My old Subaru only got water in the oil after I used it as a submarine a couple times.

 

Yup, my '97 has the same condition, but the oil on the dip stick looks new.....

 

There will probably be six more threads on this in the next six weeks....


sigh....

Steve