White foam in the oil spout

Tiny
CHARLIE2949
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I have a 1998 Ford F150 Triton V8 with 165,000 miles on it, I take very good care of my truck and it runs great.
My question is that when I was putting oil in for an oil change that I did I noticed some whiteish colored liquid around the fill port and on the bottom of the stopper, there is no such condition on the dip stick so I don't think that there is any problem with water in the oil.
Could you give me some idea of what this may be?
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 AT 12:41 PM

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Tiny
BRUCE HUNT
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Regardless of the cooling system there is always condensation in the engine. This condensation causes a foamy whip of froth made up of water and oil. Just do your oil change at 3000 and look at the oil as it sits in a pail. You should not see any significant water in the oil. That is you should hope not to see.
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 AT 2:39 PM
Tiny
CHARLIE2949
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I will have the oil changed this week and have them put it into a pan and see what happens, thanks for the follow-up

Charlie2949
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 AT 8:29 AM

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