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Old 02-17-2015, 12:33 PM
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What would make used synthetic oil appear milky and discoloured at oil Change?


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Old 02-17-2015, 01:10 PM
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Possibly a bad head gasket, mixing coolant and oil. Check your coolant overflow tank for oil too.
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If the car sits a lot it may be condensation.
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This site seems pretty user friendly to me. Your first question was kind of an oddball and it's possible no one has seen that particular issue before.

As for milky oil, it has water in it. Where did the water come from? Several possibilities as outlined above.
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Here's What Happens With Alot Of Newbie Questions......

I've not been on this website as long as the majority of the members, so I certainly can't speak for all, but it didn't take long for me to observe that a lot of newbies post a question on this forum, several thoughtful answers are usually produced by a number of the really knowledgeable members of this forum and then........ NOTHING IS EVER HEARD FROM THE NEWBIE AGAIN.

This is a Mercedes enthusiast forum. A give and take, participate as much as you can, help your fellow member out forum. So if you want to come on here and chastise this forum as being user unfriendly, try giving some of your time and knowledge first before asking for any. Thanks.
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Agreed - and to help you out anyways, head gasket failure.
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I have to ask you a question. What does F40 mean or have to do with Mercedes? And why is it a "subject" of a question?
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W203 head gasket.

Thank you for your quick response. I just changed the oil and flushed the coolant on Tuesday, that was when I noticed the milky look in the old oil. I have been noticing a slight miss in cylinder #6 and although not a lot of steam or water from the tail pipe. My means are very limited at the moment and over two grand to replace the head gasket just isn`t there. Do you have experience with a product called Real Steel? This an RWD base car with the 2.6 gas engine 164,000 miles. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I apologize for being rude and hope to give and take in this forum. I just need to learn to navigate a bit.
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I apologize for being rude. I`m in a panic about this head gasket issue and need to learn how to navigate this forum.
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I`m just learning how to navigate this forum. F40 is a reference to an Italian car.
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Which car is this on?

Is there oil in the coolant reservoir?

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