Yellow sludge inside oil fill cap normal?

Just crossed 5000 miles on my brand new Tacoma TRD Off-Road. Bone stock truck, been babied every day. I changed the oil with M1 5W-30 at 2000mi for the hell of it. Today I changed the oil again and noticed that there is some yellow slime/sludge inside the oil fill cap. Take a look at the pic below. Normal or not?

 

Yes do you drive a lot of short distances? It is very normal.

 

Wut he said

 

Oilcap snot. Normal on many different makes with short drives not up to temp etc. Condensate.

 

Oh ok, yea 95% of my trips are all less than 20mi.

 

99.9% of my trips are very short and I don't have that crap under my cap. I'm not saying you have an issue/problem....

You have changed your oil twice with 5k on the clock??

 

Head gasket?

 

Yea, why not?

 

Seems...excessive. This is with synthetic oil?

If I bought a brand new truck I'd probably be the same way though.

 

normal.

 

M1 syn, yes. Figured it wouldn't hurt to change the oil on a brand new engine after a couple thousand, and then at the regular interval thereafter forever.

 

I average about 60 miles a week stop and go around town and live in a humid climate and never seen yellow snot in the oil cap like that. Check your dip stick and the condition of your coolant .

 

Both my 2006 & 2013 v6 have done that. M1 synthetic in Vermont short commute.
I think back in 2007 I made a similar thread asking the same question.. @chris4x4 told me it was OK & he is God

 

Rick bubba looks like a cross between earnest and Alfred E Newman.

 

Completely normal. I drive probably 5~ish miles each day, the same gunk gets up there. Really wish I had more reasons to go drive it.

 

love me some Bubba J

 

Google oil cap snot.


You are perfectly fine.

 

I live 4 blocks from work, if I just drive there and back for a week or two my cap looks just like that.

 

what the heck.. how does it get yellow?

 

This is normal, I get the same gook under the oil cap of my John Deere Gator, short trips where engine does not have a chance to get up to operating temp.