CrazyWater
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I'm in the market for a small 2006 car and today I find myself in a main dealership for a Japanese brand that is highly regarded for reliability. The object of my attention is a 2006 with 22000kms on the clock. As part of my examination I remove the oil cap for a little look (as I always do) and much to my surprise I find a very fine layer of white calking. Ok so now I'm a little concerned so I put my finger into the engine for a little rub around and sure enough on my finger is a small but noticeable amount of white goo. Now we are talking a very small amount.
The sales guy who is watching me closely has no idea what I'm at so I explain that white calking is a sign that moisture is getting into the engine and that the most likely cause of that is that the gasket is gone. So the guy says hang on a sec and goes and gets the service manager. So now we get to the crunch.
Service mangers explanation: Yes your right it is caused by moisture getting into the engine. But this is perfectly normal. There is moisture in the air thats how it gets into the engine and if I were to take off the oil cap of even one of the new cars we would probably find a small residue. These engines never give any trouble and you still have one years manufactures warranty.
So is this a plausible explanation? Now I'm no mechanic but I have my doubts, my current car of the same brand is 5 years old with 60000 miles and not a sign of any white. Not only that I recently sold my beloved jalopy of the same brand. This car had 240000 mls on the clock and not a sign of white calking.
But over to you: Tall Tale or Plausible Explanation.
The sales guy who is watching me closely has no idea what I'm at so I explain that white calking is a sign that moisture is getting into the engine and that the most likely cause of that is that the gasket is gone. So the guy says hang on a sec and goes and gets the service manager. So now we get to the crunch.
Service mangers explanation: Yes your right it is caused by moisture getting into the engine. But this is perfectly normal. There is moisture in the air thats how it gets into the engine and if I were to take off the oil cap of even one of the new cars we would probably find a small residue. These engines never give any trouble and you still have one years manufactures warranty.
So is this a plausible explanation? Now I'm no mechanic but I have my doubts, my current car of the same brand is 5 years old with 60000 miles and not a sign of any white. Not only that I recently sold my beloved jalopy of the same brand. This car had 240000 mls on the clock and not a sign of white calking.
But over to you: Tall Tale or Plausible Explanation.