Goop on Dipstick

[Marco Weibel]

The 97 Golf 1.8 sucker my wife drives to work on a daily basis (10km each way) has a bad case of condensation. The crankcase breather metal line has to be cleaned every two, three month from that goop, as i remove it and flip the pipe upside down clear condensed water pours out enough to fill a shot glass !
Then i flush/spray it with brake cleaner.
Also the classic build-up of goop on the oil filler cap. 
No coolant has been lost in years tho.
I was able to lessen the condensation a bit by bending that breather pipe slightly to remove a low point in the line that acted like a siphon.
I don't know the 1.8Ts much but maybe check the breather line for blockage as that would certainly aid condensation.
Also, as i was learning that you changed the head gasket, maybe it is time to re-torque the head bolts.
A longer drive as Kent mentioned, with the eye on a trusty temperature gauge to determine head gasket failure can get rid of condensate.

Marco

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On 2013-04-06, at 11:42 PM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I was thinking the same thing after I posted. Seems logical, given the coolant color. Dang. Just had the valve cover gasket replaced, too...
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> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
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> From: Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com>
> To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: quattrolist <quattro at audifans.com> 
> Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2013 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Goop on Dipstick
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> My first thought is a bad head gasket and mixing of water and oil and other contaminants. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's the first that comes to mind. 
> V
> On Apr 6, 2013 5:01 PM, "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Checked the oil today, found this on the dipstick - in varying amounts as I checked several times. This was about the most.
>> Similar to mustard in consistency and color. I can't imagine that this is a good thing.
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>> http://s24.photobucket.com/user/ddibiase/media/Audi/A4Goop_zps0e5327e7.jpg.html
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>> What is it??
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>> Dan D
>> Central NJ USA
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