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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 10:01 AM
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Hey folks.

Opened up my bonnet today for my weekly check over everything and noticed my oil cap had come off...
It's become really loose and I reckon engine vibration has caused it to simply fall off.
I checked the cap and there wasn't any mayo which is good however when i checked the dipstick there was a fair bit of it all up the stick It's not loosing coolent I know that as I put some new stuff in it last month and it's all still there and Plenty of oil so would having no Oil cap for a 22 mile journey cause all this mayo? Obv going to do an oil change but before I do is there anything I should consider?

Thanks for any help.
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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 10:56 AM
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If the cap was off for any time you would have lost a lot of oil and everything would be a mess.

Short journeys can cause what you are seeing.

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Old Feb 9, 2014 | 01:41 PM
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Cheers! I'd say it does do short journeys on the weekdays but at weekends if its nice I'll normally take it out for a thrash.
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