Wet patch under car + Oil filler cap slightly gunky

DarrenS

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British Zeds
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Evening all noticed a small wet patch under my car the other day and today was the first opportunity to take a look around. I have attached a few photos to help explain what I a man seeing. Checked coolant and that is low, checked oil filler cap and that had some creamy gunk, checked underneath and I could see a wet area. Help needed am I in trouble?
 

Sean d

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Oil cap is perfectly normal, just needs an italian tune :racecar:
 

Nodzed

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Is the wet patch coolant or oil? If its coolant I would say you need to investigate, if its oil it doesn't look like much of an issue most zeds have some small dribbles of oil, the milky stuff could be caused from doing short runs (condensate build up in the rocker cover) However if there is a coolant loss and its not external could be its internal and that's never good, that said I would suspect its not the case here.
 

DarrenS

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Is the wet patch coolant or oil? If its coolant I would say you need to investigate, if its oil it doesn't look like much of an issue most zeds have some small dribbles of oil, the milky stuff could be caused from doing short runs (condensate build up in the rocker cover) However if there is a coolant loss and its not external could be its internal and that's never good, that said I would suspect its not the case here.
Thanks for the reply and clearly more investigation required.
 
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