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If you want to know if there is water in your oil you can tell by pulling the oil dipstick and if the oil is white then there is water in your oil. oil with water in it turns white... it looks foamy and almost the consistancy of a milkshake.
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 16y agoIf your engine has been running the oil will cream. Usually the oil will be green and look like sludge and will normally stick to the dip-stick. Hope this helps... If your engine has been running the oil will cream. Usually the oil will be green and look like sludge and will normally stick to the dip-stick. Hope this helps...
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∙ 16y agoThis is usually caused by the engine over heating causing the gasket to give away to the pressure of the water, forcing the water into the section containing the oil. Should you look at the dip stick, it will either be brown or have many bubbles on the surface. The head gasket needs to be replaced. The other cause could be that the engine block has a crack in it, need a new engine
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∙ 16y agoIf you have water in your oil, the oil will appear to look like chocolate milk. There's a couple ways for water to contaminate crankcase oil. If the car has been sitting for a very long time where the it has been subjected to several cold and hot temperature changes (season changes) condensation can form in the crankcase and foul the oil. If you have been driving the car, a blown intake manifold gasket or head gasket may have allowed coolant into the oil passages. More seriously, you mave have a cracked cylinder head that may have been caused by over heating. In any of thes cases, if you have been driving your car and suspect water in the oil, your dipstick will have a brown, milky substance on it. DO NOT DRIVE! Continuing to drive it will cause catastrophic damage.
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