strange surprise under the hood

[coondog491]

Looks to me like a chemical reaction. What you been cleaning under the hood with? Oil additives? Set it on the battery upside down when adding oil(battery acid)?

i have only used water to clean under there (dirt, mud) Just plain 'ol trusty motorcraft 15w-30.

wheres the best place to get one of these, Dealer? Junkyard?

 

[twt]

My oil fill cap looks like a rodent has been chewing on it ???

 

[Frankenstien]

...Lets just face it.... your engine is upset at you for not getting that BB turbo, and those new injectors.... just consider this a warning.... :-D

 

[Frankenstien]

Looked at the picture close.... It looks like you had a fire.... get enough oil... on a HOT day, and the temps are just rite on the inside with a bit of o2. I noticed the discoloration of the metal underneath the cap, has the genuine appearance of heat stress.

 

[08SuperDiesel]

It's the rodents

My oil fill cap looks like a rodent has been chewing on it ???

I left a plastic gas can outside with an old oil/gas mixture in it (2 stoke gas) and rodents chewed the yellow cap of it as far as they could. I thought it was a fluke until now, I think that there are rodents out there that have a thing for gas and oil. . .

 

[mp18d]

WTF??? Mine has an edge chipped off just like that!! It has always been in its place but I just ass-u-med I had dropped it, put it back on & never saw the chip.
Very strange....

Mike

 

[fordfury]

ive seen alot of caps that have holes in them not half as bad as that one but looks like something just poked holes in it or like a rat chewed it up. but never seen one look like that i thought it was due to heat and chemicals under the hood. but that was just my thoughts

 

[bonfire]

both my trucks have chipping/discoloring/wasting away oil caps. figured its was just heat and age breaking down the plastic. Guess I should replace them. Anyone have a coll billet oil cap or something other than stock?

 

[BamaSixGun]

Get you a billet cover for the oil filler cap and never look back.

 

[DaveBen]

Way to go with the Chrome, Bama!!

Dave