Tiny bubbles around edge of oil cap and 'greyness' inside?
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Bit of advice needed.
I am in the market to buy a Skoda Octavia Estate. I saw one... 2016, 35,000 on the clock at £10,000, which for me is a lot of money. I want to buy a good car that will last. I researched the car and failing a bad test drive I would have bought it. The car was from a Skoda Dealership, has a 12 month warrantee, so this put my mind at rest. A chap from Skoda drove the car 2 hours away for me to test drive it. Very impressed with that. I gave the car a good look over, I'm no mechanic but aware of what to look out for. When I looked at the oil cap I noticed tiny bubbles around the edge of it. Not seen that before in my limited experience. When I looked inside the cap it wasn't pure black shiny oil but had a grey tinge to it? The Skoda chap said that it was probably due to water getting in due to steam cleaning/valenting the engine. I just knew I couldn't buy it, I was gutted! It wasn't milky white sludge, but grey. When parting with that amount of cash I had to rely on my limited knowledge of this subject, it wasn't right. I did get an email back from the dealership saying that another customer was interested in this car. They told the new customer why I hadn't bought it so they got a RAC inspection done and it passed with flying colours. Can anyone shed any light on this greyness inside the oil cap and also the tiny bubbles around the edge of the cap itself please? Its such a minefield buying a car. Thanks
I am in the market to buy a Skoda Octavia Estate. I saw one... 2016, 35,000 on the clock at £10,000, which for me is a lot of money. I want to buy a good car that will last. I researched the car and failing a bad test drive I would have bought it. The car was from a Skoda Dealership, has a 12 month warrantee, so this put my mind at rest. A chap from Skoda drove the car 2 hours away for me to test drive it. Very impressed with that. I gave the car a good look over, I'm no mechanic but aware of what to look out for. When I looked at the oil cap I noticed tiny bubbles around the edge of it. Not seen that before in my limited experience. When I looked inside the cap it wasn't pure black shiny oil but had a grey tinge to it? The Skoda chap said that it was probably due to water getting in due to steam cleaning/valenting the engine. I just knew I couldn't buy it, I was gutted! It wasn't milky white sludge, but grey. When parting with that amount of cash I had to rely on my limited knowledge of this subject, it wasn't right. I did get an email back from the dealership saying that another customer was interested in this car. They told the new customer why I hadn't bought it so they got a RAC inspection done and it passed with flying colours. Can anyone shed any light on this greyness inside the oil cap and also the tiny bubbles around the edge of the cap itself please? Its such a minefield buying a car. Thanks
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