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Oil Smell

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  • focae
    focae Posts: 147 Forumite
    There should never be water/condensation in your oil..............mayo in your oil = water in your oil. Could be leaking head gasket.
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    focae wrote: »
    There should never be water/condensation in your oil..............mayo in your oil = water in your oil. Could be leaking head gasket.

    there shouldn't be but it happens,quite commonly on older vw engines in my experience, they don't use water but do show signs of moisture in the oil via emulsified oil under the oil cap.
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  • DaveMacD
    DaveMacD Posts: 575 Forumite
    focae wrote: »
    There should never be water/condensation in your oil..............mayo in your oil = water in your oil.
    You can get water in your oil without it being caused by a mechanical fault if the car does a lot of very short distance journeys, especially in cold, damp conditions like what we are currently suffering from.
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