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Re-read my original words..... 850 1997

posted by  someone claiming to be Frank on  Wed Jan 23 00:30 CST 2002 [RELATED]

I'll copy what I said the first time:

"It's probably nothing more than "normal" condensation often seen on FWD Volvo dipsticks. I see that often yet these cars experience no other ill effects so don't let anyone make you think that you've got some catastrofic failure going on as I've seen such bad advice mentioned here before.

Short trip driving in cold weather or a bad t-stat (not reaching normal op temps) could contribute to added condensation."

...............................What's not to understand about "normal condensation"? This is seen often on cars in northern climates, cold weather, short trip driving and occurs because the engine doesn't warm up enough for the (then normal) condensation to burn off. An engine that's driven longer, longer trips doesn't have this condensation as visible because the crankcase gets warm enough to burn off this condensation.


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New Dipstick gummy [850][1997]
posted by  fruckman  on Sun Jan 20 16:14 CST 2002 >


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