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Old 01-17-2011, 06:33 PM
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Oil filler cap

Opened my oil filler and there was a lot of creamy oil/water goo around the inside of the filler neck. I am NOT noticing any oil in the coolant NOR any other obvious signs of coolant in the oil (nothing on the dipstick). Just around the filler. So my mind travels to condensation or gasket leakage. Is this a viable scenario? I oiled up the gasket mating surface and it looks like there may be about 45 degrees of the gasket that may not be sealing. There wasere about 2 tablespoons of goo that I cleaned out. It has been about a month since I last had the cap off.

As an aside, I am only seeing gaskets for pre '93 vehicles. Do I need to buy a whole new cap for my '99 E320?
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