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Old 06-23-2015, 06:29 PM
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oil looks like a Frappuccino

Yep. Pulled out my dip stick and there was a frothy brown substance all over the stick. There was oil still yeah, black normal oil. But a yellowish froth. Im scared to even hear what you giys have to say.
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normal for our cars. Do you have a 04 or 05? There is a TSB and a vac line change from the early cars to help but it still happens. The hotter the oil gets the less it happens. If you do more short driving and live in the cold it appears worse.
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Oh thank GOD! MAN... i was prepared for the worst. Really glad to hear that man...

I got an 04 manual. Also the car overheated a few times. While i was trying to rectify the heat issue. Maybe its from that?
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it's really common look up milky dipstick, get a coolant system pressure test to check if you might have an issue from the overheating.
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Coolant system holds pressure. My problem was from a cascade of fsctors i fixed individually. I had a thread labeled "need an expert" here in the newb forum. A lot of awesome information. And im learning a lot from here.
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