CMAX Diesel Mayo

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Mon 1 Jan 2007 18:47
CMAX Diesel Mayo - nozmeister
Friend of mine has a CMAX 2.0 diesel. When he pulled the oil filler cap off today he saw quite a bit of gunk underneath which he's pulled out.

It looks like "mayonnaise" and I know this could happen with short runs but although he does these he tells me that he has done a few longer (20-30 mile) trips lately and I thought this might have disappeared.

The car doesn't appear to be drinking coolant so is this just a combinatation of the short runs and the weather getting a bit cooler or is there something else(i.e. the vent has blocked on the oil filler cap?)

With the design of the oil filler on the car quite a way from the engine block maybe the water vapour cools too quickly rather than being expelled through the vent (I think) on the filler cap.

thanks in advance.

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Wed 3 Jan 2007 15:40
CMAX Diesel Mayo - piston power
id say your breather is probably blocked find the rubber pipe going to the rocker cover and remove see if it's full of the same stuff? 20-30 mls isnt really much to get rid of this worth buying a new rocker cover gasket clean out all the old mayo clean the breather and treat it to a oil & filter change!. good luck.
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