oil color?

Is this white is carmel an odd color oil cream under the oil cap and down filler neck? This is second oil change for me on my 08 4.0 with 43k on the truck.

 

a milky color in your oil is an indicator of water in the oil.

 

Second oil change 43k miles????!

 

i'm thinking this may get screwy.

 

This...possibly coolant leak...coolant would be somehow leaking into the oil. Probably a bad head gasket. It could also be a warped head or if repairs have been made recently, the heads are not flat and not sealing right. Worst case scenerio, it could be a cracked cylinder.

HOPEFULLY used. Then again, my father in law to be hasn't changed the oil in his 99 GMC Safari in 25,000+ because "if it ain't broke, don't fix it...". Some people just don't have good car care sense...

 

Pics would help, but chances are, this is a normal condition. Since our filler necks are plastic and raised, they tend to take longer to heat up and burn the condensation off, specialy in a cold area and short trips are taken. If truck is allowed to run for a while, you won't see it as much.

 

Also, I'll refer you to this thread, since it has pics.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...nge-yellow-milky-substance-oil-fill-tube.html

 

Sometimes if the car is driven only for very short trips only around town, never really getting up to temperature, a small amount of condensation can build up around the filler cap. A long drive with the truck at temperature will "boil" the moisture out of the oil. I see this a lot in aviation motors. You definitely have a problem if your actual oil is milky.

 

Post a pic so we see exactly what you are facing. If you had a bunch of coolant in your oil, you would no it. But w/out a pic, we are just guessing.

 

If its under the oil cap itself.... It's normal.

This happens in the winter/cold months especially with a lot of stop/go or short trips. It's condensation that mixes with the oil at the cap where its coldest and can't burn off.

I get it every winter and especially in temps 30 degrees or less.

 

I'll be damned. Glad I live in Florida...no cold weather here...this would really bother me. Thank you for actually answering the question correctly, and +1 for sending him in the right direction.

 

It is almost like the pictures in the other thread. I was fairly sure it was not head gasket. No coolant loss, no odd color oil in drain pan, no steam at tail pipe, no over heating.
I took a picture with my phone but could not up load it.
I have had the truck for only 8k so that is why it is my second oil change.

 

Yeah, there has been many a thread with people worried about it. I myself have never experienced it, as I don't really take too many short trips, and truck gets up to full temp for a while, so it burns off the condensation. The thread I posted is the worse I have ever seen a pic of, so that's like the extreme of that condition.